题名:
Why we went extinct : an illustrated encyclopedia of the species that just didn't make it
PUBDATE:
2024
2018
GVPL_PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024].
©2018.
物理描述:
xxii, 153 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9780063089938
9781223258782
摘要:
Since life first arose on Earth, nearly all dinosaurs, mammals, insects, and birds that have ever existed have gone extinct. If your species happens to be alive right now, you should feel very lucky. You probably know about the downfall of the dinosaurs and how the dodo bird met its doom. But you might not have heard about the other weird and wonderful creatures throughout the eons that just didn’t make it. But that doesn’t mean all these stories are sad; extinction is just a part of the long, long history of life on Earth. And some of the ways these species died out are actually pretty silly . . . In this fully illustrated encyclopedia, you’ll hear from the creatures who have faced extinction throughout the years—and learn what survival of the fittest means for those on evolution’s bad side.
一般注释:
Includes index.
内容:
Foreword -- We all went extinct -- Animals are powerless against the Earth -- Survival is tough -- Is extinction sad? -- But, of course, we don't want to go extinct! -- How to enjoy this book -- PART 1: CAUGHT UNPREPARED: Steller's sea cow -- Dodo -- Gigantopithecus -- Ichthyosaur -- Bonin grosbeak -- Spinosaurus -- Arthropleura -- Lyall's wren -- Southern gastric-brooding frog -- Giant moa -- Dickinsonia -- Pig-footed bandicoot -- Japanese wolf -- Tasmanian wolf -- Diatryma -- Megatherium -- PART 2: JUST TOO EXTRA : Platybelodon -- Helicoprion -- Passenger pigeon -- Cameroceras -- Nipponites -- Bluebuck -- Opabinia -- Tarpan -- Irish elk -- Boe-beaked Hawaiian honeycreeper -- Meganeura -- Thylacosmilus -- Titanoboa -- Schomburgk's deer -- Dimetrodon -- Mamenchisaurus -- PART 3: SO AWKWARD: Arcjaep[terux == Saber-toothed tiger -- Megalodon -- Anomalocaris -- Paraceratherium -- Dunkleosteaus -- Argentavis -- Pakicetus -- Giant penguin -- Sivatherium -- Mastodonsaurus -- Ichthyostega -- PART 4: OUT OF LUCK: Tyrannosaurus -- Great auk -- Baiji (Chinese river dalphin) -- Polynesian tree snail -- Sea scorpion (Eurypterid) -- Andrewsarchus -- Toyotamaphimeia -- Conodont -- Woolly mammoth -- Cuban red macaw -- Laughing owl -- Trilobite -- Arsinoitherium -- Guam flying fox -- Stegosaurus -- PART 5: MADE IT OUT ALIVE: Duck-billed platypus -- Ptarmigan -- Pygmy hippopotamus -- Tuatara -- Nautilus -- Tree lobster -- Coelacanth -- Opossum -- Black kokanee -- Lungfish -- Afterword -- Index
LANGUAGE:
英文
GVPL_LANGUAGE2:
Translated from the Japanese.
CUST_AUDIENCE:
Ages 8 and up.
