Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death - Hardcover

Heinrich, Bernd

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547752660 ISBN 13: 9780547752662

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012

Synopsis

From one of the finest naturalist/writers of our time, a fascinating investigation of Nature’s inspiring death-to-life cycle

When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his “green burial” at Bernd Heinrich’s hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does the animal world deal with the flip side of the life cycle? And what are the lessons, ecological to spiritual, raised by a close look at how the animal world renews itself? Heinrich focuses his wholly original gaze on the fascinating doings of creatures most of us would otherwise turn away from—field mouse burials conducted by carrion beetles; the communication strategies of ravens, “the premier northern undertakers”; and the “inadvertent teamwork” among wolves and large cats, foxes and weasels, bald eagles and nuthatches in cold-weather dispersal of prey. Heinrich reveals, too, how and where humans still play our ancient and important role as scavengers, thereby turning—not dust to dust—but life to life.

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HardCover. Pub Date: June. 2012 Pages: 256 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt From one of The FINEST naturalistwriters is of our time. A fascinating investigation of the Nature's inspiring death-to-Life cycleWhen a good friend with wrote A SEVERE Illness. Asking the if he might have his green burial at Bernd Heinrich's hunting camp in Maine. it inspired the acclaimed biologist to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does the animal world deal with the flip side of the life cycle And what are the lessons. ecological to spiritual. raised by a close look at how the animal world renews itself Heinrich focuses his wholly original gaze on the fascinating doings of creatures most of us would otherwise turn away from-field mouse burials conducted by carrion beetles; the communication strategies of ravens . the premier northern undertakers; and the inadve...

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Praise for Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death

“If it has not been clear to readers by now, this book confirms that Bernd Heinrich is one of the finest naturalists of our time. Life Everlasting shines with the authenticity and originality that are unique to a life devoted to natural history in the field.”—Edward O. Wilson, author of The Future of Life and The Social Conquest of Earth

Praise for Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds

“Bernd Heinrich is one of the finest living examples of that strange hybrid: the science writer . . . No definition of God has ever made me feel as comfortable, small and important in the universe as Heinrich’s insight into the mind of the raven.”— Los Angeles Times Book Review

Praise for Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival

“Heinrich, who combines his keen scientific eye with the soul of a poet, glimpses an entirely different realm, one filled with wondrous activities both above and below the seemingly lifeless countryside . . . Heinrich’s descriptions of his travels in the forest are intoxicating . . . Each chapter in the book is a gemlike essay (beautifully illustrated with the author’s own line drawings).”—New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0547752660
• ISBN 13: 9780547752662
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236