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Der Wolf Zwischen Mythos und Wahrheit
Aus Mythen, Märchen und Fabeln kennt man den Wolf als verschlagenes und bösartiges Tier. Jahrhundertelang wurde er erbarmungslos gejagt und beinahe ausgerottet. Sein Bestand hat sich drastisch reduziert, und es grenzt fast schon an ein Wunder, dass er trotz all der Nachstellungen noch Rückzugsgebiete zum Beispiel in Alaska, Kanada oder Sibirien gefunden hat
Dieser beeindruckende Bildband dokumentiert mit phantastischen Fotos und einem einfühlsamen Text das Leben der Wölfe in freier Natur.
Dieser beeindruckende Bildband dokumentiert mit phantastischen Fotos und einem einfühlsamen Text das Leben der Wölfe in freier Natur.
152 pages, Hardcover
Published June 30, 2005
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June 11, 2024
Actual rating 3.5/5
Read the Dutch edition which isn't on Goodreads but I presume it's pretty much the same as the German one. Except in Dutch.
Overall a really nice book about wolves with some interesting information and I especially loved the beautiful photos scattered throughout. Visually this is a very appealing book.
Where it does fall flat is, you have probably already guessed it, dominance theory. Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. And since this book was published in 2005 according to Goodreads (six years after it was debunked) I don't really think they had an excuse to include this? I can of course somewhat excuse it for books which came out pre-1999 or even one or two years thereafter because I don't expect people to instantly radically change their stance on wolf pack dynamics, but I feel that six years is enough time to at least reconsider things and not publish a non-fiction with incorrect information like this.
That said I did still enjoy this book, just had to deduct a few points for the incorrect alpha theory. The wrong information does also prevent me from wholeheartedly recommending this, however if you just like reading about wolves or want a book with pretty photos of wolves to look at I guess this one is decent for that.
Read the Dutch edition which isn't on Goodreads but I presume it's pretty much the same as the German one. Except in Dutch.
Overall a really nice book about wolves with some interesting information and I especially loved the beautiful photos scattered throughout. Visually this is a very appealing book.
Where it does fall flat is, you have probably already guessed it, dominance theory. Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner. And since this book was published in 2005 according to Goodreads (six years after it was debunked) I don't really think they had an excuse to include this? I can of course somewhat excuse it for books which came out pre-1999 or even one or two years thereafter because I don't expect people to instantly radically change their stance on wolf pack dynamics, but I feel that six years is enough time to at least reconsider things and not publish a non-fiction with incorrect information like this.
That said I did still enjoy this book, just had to deduct a few points for the incorrect alpha theory. The wrong information does also prevent me from wholeheartedly recommending this, however if you just like reading about wolves or want a book with pretty photos of wolves to look at I guess this one is decent for that.
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