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    <body><![CDATA[In the summer of 1988, I went whale watching off the coast of Cape Cod. The boat moved through a group of humpback whales that seemed to lift their eyes above the water just enough to get a peek at what we were doing, seemingly just as curious about us as we were of them.<br/><br/>That’s why I w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41519382">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ackerman's delightful travels into the world of bats, crocodilians, whales, and penguins enlightens the reader with stories of these creatures and the people who study them. <br/><br/>Did you know that bats actually hold and coddle their babies, or that no one knows where the blue whale, the large...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38163606">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another beautiful book of writings by Diane Ackerman.  Her writing style is so lyrical and her descriptions are so vivid - reading her work is like biting into the juiciest of fruits.  This particular collection highlights bats, crocodiles, penguins, and whales.  Ackerman spends time with these anim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26247743">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection of essays is certainly beautifully written. The topics of bats, crocodiles, whales and penguins were all fascinating and fairly informative. The book just didn't really wow me - much of the information was not new and though the author put herself into the essays, there wasn't really...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81317687">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Four essays by Diane Ackerman on bats, alligators, penguins and whales.  I like her eye for detail and striking descriptions of small things, like the way those bulging alligator eyes retract when the beast submerges or a person gently presses on them. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[What I liked about this book were the first two chapters. Bats and crocodilians. It was like the BBC Planet Earth series in book form. The essay about whales is what made me give up. Loving whale songs is so middle aged and I'm just not there (quite) yet. I like the rough and tumble animals, not the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16209862">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading &quot;The Natural History of the Senses&quot; what else can one do but read the other natural history essay collections by the brilliant Ackerman. Brilliant writer at her best. This book made me very interested in crocodiles I actually went to the Manila Zoo and spent half a day just o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2207472">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book I loved.  Diane Ackerman presents all kinds of interesting stories about animals that you may have found cute or repulsive, but never considered from so many angles.  She is able to make these animals real in their own right, worthy of our attention without the guise of anthropomorphism.  ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3596587">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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