Countdown to Extinction
Author(s): David Burnie
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.
Product Information
Many species in the world face extinction. Can humans do anything about it, or are they the main cause?
General Fields
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- : Oxford University Press
- : 82003
- : 0.591
- : 31 July 2008
- : 276mm X 219mm X 11mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 80
- : Hardback
- : David Burnie