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Today, there are over 6.5 billion people in the world. Together, we take up more space, eat more food and create more waste than any other form of life. Human dominance may be good news for us, but it's bad news for many other animals that share the planet with us. David Burnie looks at
extinction from the mass wipe-out of the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago, to the probable extinction of the tiger within the next ten years. He covers many species from the cuddly and much-loved panda to the less attractive thylacine, classed as vermin but no less valuable to the ecological balance
of the planet. All sorts of animals are represented, from the feathered and winged to the slimy and scaly.
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David Burnie, BSc, studied zoology and worked as a biologist and nature reserve ranger before becoming a full-time science and natural history writer. He has written or contributed to more than 75 books and multimedia titles for both adults and children. He has also worked as a consultant on
BBC TV nature programmes. He lives in France.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0199116016
- ISBN 13 9780199116010
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages80
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