A DESERT TOAD’S curious curly tracks are perhaps the most individual of the records of activities in the animal world photographed and described in “Tracks”, by E. A. R. Ennion and N. Tinbergen. The authors, both well-known naturalists, Rave produced an unusual book which will fascinate anyone Interested in wild-life. They show how to identify animals, Including birds, from their tracks, how to tell which animal was first on the scene, and whether they were stalking or playing, moving fast or slowly. The authors tell also how to interpret, from the tracks that remain, many dramas of animal life. "Tracks” is published by the Oxford University Press.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31542, 2 December 1967, Page 4
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107A DESERT TOAD’S curious curly tracks are perhaps the most individual of the records of activities in the animal world photographed and described in “Tracks”, by E. A. R. Ennion and N. Tinbergen. The authors, both well-known naturalists, Rave produced an unusual book which will fascinate anyone Interested in wild-life. They show how to identify animals, Including birds, from their tracks, how to tell which animal was first on the scene, and whether they were stalking or playing, moving fast or slowly. The authors tell also how to interpret, from the tracks that remain, many dramas of animal life. "Tracks” is published by the Oxford University Press. Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31542, 2 December 1967, Page 4
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