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The author shares her observations on the wildlife found along the southwestern coast of England
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The Undercliff, an 800-acre region of collapsed coastline between Devon and Dorset in southwestern England, is home to myriad animals and plants, from the green tiger beetle (which "ejects a jet of caustic liquid from its anus with explosive force which immediately vaporizes, looking like a small puff of smoke") to the early purple orchid, which smells "something like tom cat." Franks's field notes, printed in longhand, bring us a trove of facts illustrated by watercolor portraits and landscapes and black-and-white drawings. She goes nosing into early-blooming cottsfoot (yellow flowers "at the top of strong, scaly stems"), remarks on moles (who "carry their tails very upright--the small whiskers on the tail are very sensitive" and each day consume half their body weight); scopes out the common lizard; and listens to the wren ("surely the noisiest bird in the Undercliff, even if it is one of the smallest"). By inviting us to share such good company, British artist Franks brings a rich natural habitat home even to the urbanite.
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- PublisherBulfinch Pr
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0821217291
- ISBN 13 9780821217290
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
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