For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religions, and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music, art, and poetry.
In Ten Birds That Changed the World, naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and intimate relationship through key species from all seven of the world’s continents. From Odin’s faithful raven companions to Darwin’s finches, and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis, this is a fascinating, eye-opening, and endlessly engaging work of natural history.
MY THOUGHTS
This is the second book I have read by this author and I find his writing really easy to read and it flows really well. I have been enjoying reading books about animals and nature recently as my non fiction reads in between my fiction books and I have a few more books by this author on my tbr for the next couple of months.This book looks at different birds that according to the author changed our world in some way like the dodo who has become the poster child for extinction after it became extinct it also goes into detail on how it became extinct and other factors that come into play in the cases of the other birds talked about in the book. If you are a nature lover then this is a book I would highly recommend along with all the authors other books which are all about birds/nature.
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