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Fascinating things you learn in books that may save your life one day if you are stuck in the woods (or not). Now I know how to climb a tree so tall that the branches don't even begin until 60-80 feet up.
1. Attach a fine monofilament line, anchored to the ground, to an arrow which you fire over the crown of the tree.
2. When the arrow is fired, standing in the original place, attach a much thicker line to the line you had fixed to the ground.
3. Go to where the arrow is now, the other side of th ...more
1. Attach a fine monofilament line, anchored to the ground, to an arrow which you fire over the crown of the tree.
2. When the arrow is fired, standing in the original place, attach a much thicker line to the line you had fixed to the ground.
3. Go to where the arrow is now, the other side of th ...more
I read this book while sometimes feeding a family of ravens. It is a lovely and dedicated study of them and their behaviour. At times I was annoyed when the author centered himself strongly in the book; sometimes it felt like elaborated field notes. But it more than made up for it with the many observations, statistical and anecdotal, and in the end I appreciated how he clearly identified his subjectivity in the process of his many observations, experiments, and collections of other peoples' rav
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Along dolphins, corvids are the only ludicrous creatures in the animal kingdom. They create tools just to play with them. Their behaviour is fascinating, vividly depicted in their many environments throughout the book.
This book was very well done. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of the cooperations between wolves and ravens. I was a little annoyed with the author for leaving the picked on raven alone, ultimately leading to the raven's death. He also details some of his intelligence experiments.
BTW, for some shameless self-promotion, if you like reading about animals, check out my blog on wildlife at http://backyardzoologist.wordpress.com/ ...more
BTW, for some shameless self-promotion, if you like reading about animals, check out my blog on wildlife at http://backyardzoologist.wordpress.com/ ...more
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