Softback, 88 pages
English language
Published April 7, 1987 by Ten Speed Press.
Softback, 88 pages
English language
Published April 7, 1987 by Ten Speed Press.
A definitive guide for the millions of people who seldom see a wild animal that has not been flattened by dozens of vehicles and baked by the sun to an indistinct fur, scale or feather-covered patty.
FLATTENED FAUNA is unique, bizarre, intelligent and quietly, incidentally amusing. In it is a wealth of fascinating information about the eating, mating and locomotion habits of more than three dozen of the most common roadside animals in North America: • Road Snakes • Legged Reptiles and Amphibians • Road Birds • Road Mammals (No domestic animals are included; only what is found in the wild)
Plus essential background material: • The Road as Habitat • Mimicry and Protective Coloration • The History and Future of Road Fauna • How and Where to Study the Road Fauna