Vanishing Treasures
A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
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Vanishing Treasures
Narrated by:
Lenny Henry, Katherine Rundell
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Narrated by:
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Lenny Henry
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Katherine Rundell
The world is more astonishing, more miraculous, and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In this brilliant and passionately persuasive book, Katherine Rundell takes us on a globe-spanning tour of the world's most awe-inspiring animals currently facing extinction.
Consider the seahorse: couples mate for life and meet each morning for a dance, pirouetting and changing colors before going their separate ways, to dance again the next day. The American wood frog survives winter by allowing itself to freeze solid, its heartbeat slowing until it stops altogether. Come spring, the heart kick-starts itself spontaneously back to life. As for the lemur, it lives in matriarchal troops led by an alpha female (it’s not unusual for female ring-tailed lemurs to slap males across the face when they become aggressive). Whenever they are cold or frightened, they group together in what’s known as a lemur ball, paws and tails intertwined, to form a furry mass as big as a bicycle wheel.
But each of these extraordinary animals is endangered or holds a sub-species that is endangered. This urgent, inspiring book of essays dedicated to 23 unusual and underappreciated creatures is a clarion call insisting that we look at the world around us with new eyes—to see the magic of the animals we live among, their unknown histories and capabilities, and above all how lucky we are to tread the same ground as such vanishing treasures.
Full of inimitable wit and intellect, Vanishing Treasures is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck, to reckon with the beauty of the world, its fragility, and its strangeness.
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Katherine Rundell demands astonishment
Of all my childhood obsessions, my fascination with animals is one that won’t fade away. Unfortunately, without our help, the species showcased in Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures may not face as everlasting a future. Enter Katherine Rundell, who continuously inspires a love of nature in listeners of all ages with her wise and whimsical writing. Impossible Creatures—her children’s tale about a fantastical world where every mythical beast ever imagined comes to life—earned her the accolade Author of the Year at the 2024 British Book Awards, making her the first children’s writer to receive the honor in six years. This nonfiction audiobook for adults now serves as a natural extension of the magic, reminding us why we must fight to protect the living gifts of our world for the astonishment of generations to come. — Haley H., Audible Editor
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