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Living Planet: A new, fully updated edition of David Attenborough’s seminal portrait of life on Earth

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Similar environments lead to similar adaptations and produce animals in different parts of the world which come from quite different ancestors, but which bear a marked resemblance to one another. The difficulties are not actually experienced by me, because the bits that I do are the easiest bits. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days) - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures of the book are available upon request. However, beneath its frosty surface, algae grow and some insects, such as ladybirds visit the slopes.

However, its shores and waters are fertile and are home to fur seals, their main food ( krill), and several species of penguin. Despite this, it is one of the best adapted desert animals: it can go without water for ten times as long as a man. As they get higher, they get colder and can no longer bear their loads of moisture, shedding them as torrents of rain that make the lower stretches of the Kali Gandaki one of the best-watered places on earth.The volcanic islands of Hawaii have become rich in vegetation and therefore a multitude of colonists: for example, there are at least 800 species of drosophila that are unique to the area. The coniferous forest grows in a belt right around the globe, some 1,900 kilometres across at its widest. Further south, the warmer climate sees the pine trees give way to broad-leaved species, such as the oak and beech. Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by David Attenborough, first transmitted in the UK from 19 January 1984.

It was, after all, some 600 million years ago that simple animals began to swim in the ancient seas; and over 200 million years since amphibians and reptiles invaded the land. Their presence, however, is a sure sign that other animals are here somewhere, for without them the vultures would starve. Tree roots therefore rely on a kind of compost formed from decaying leaves — a process that is greatly accelerated in the natural humidity. In some cases, they did wipe them out (the dodo is probably the one that comes to mind for most people, named so because it was so trusting you could get close enough to hit it on the head). From the oceans, it has spread even to the summits of the highest mountains as animals and plants have responded to the changing face of the Earth.As the ammonites died, so their shells fell to the bottom of the sea and were covered by fresh deposits of mud and sand. But beneath this solid roof the lava surges on and will continue to do so for several miles more, for not only does basaltic lava remain liquid at comparatively low temperatures, but the walls and ceiling of solid rock that now surround it act as insulators, keeping in the heat.

But the sea was becoming narrower and narrower for, year after year and century after century, India was moving closer to Asia. Even now with the understanding of how important biodiversity is, how crucial it is to maintain the balance in ecosystems, there are still so many different species under extreme threat. Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. First impression of this 2021 edition in new condition, signed by David Attenborough to the front endpage.Despite being in existence for 500,000 years, it was not until 9,000 years ago that man began to create his own habitat, and in Beidha, in Jordan, Attenborough examines the remains of one of the earliest villages. Signed by David Attenborough to the special signed edition endpaper, also with the publishers Signed by the author sticker to the front of the dust jacket.

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