{"product_id":"gone-stories-of-extinction","title":"Gone: Stories of Extinction","description":"Dynamic naturalist Michael Blencowe has travelled the globe to uncover the fascinating backstories of eleven extinct animals, which he shares with charm and insight in�Gone.  'Really, really well-written.'�– CHRIS PACKHAM  �  Inspired by his childhood obsession with extinct species,�Blencowe takes us around the globe�– from the forests of New Zealand to the ferries of Finland, from the urban sprawl of San Francisco to an inflatable crocodile on Brighton’s Widewater Lagoon.�Spanning five centuries, from the last sighting of New Zealand’s Upland Moa to the 2012 death of the Pinta Island Giant Tortoise, Lonesome George, his memoir is peppered with the�accounts of the hunters and naturalists of the past�as well as revealing�conversations with the custodians of these totemic animals today.�  �  Featuring�striking artworks�that resurrect these forgotten creatures, each chapter focuses on a different animal, revealing insights into�their unique characteristics and habitats;�the history of their discovery�and�just how and when they came to be lost to us.�  �  Blencowe inspects the only known remains of a Huia egg at Te Papa, New Zealand; views hundreds of specimens of deceased Galapagos tortoises and Xerces Blue butterflies in the California Academy of Sciences; and pays his respects to the only soft tissue remains of the Dodo in the world. Warm, wry and thought-provoking,�Gone�shows that�while each extinction story is different, all can inform how we live in the future. Discover and learn from the stories of the:   Great Auk. A majestic flightless seabird of the North Atlantic and the ‘original penguin’.  Spectacled Cormorant. The ‘ludicrous bird’ from the remote islands of the Bering Sea.�  Steller’s Sea Cow. An incredible ten tonne dugong with skin as furrowed as oak bark.�  Upland Moa. The improbable birds and the one-time rulers of New Zealand.�  Huia. The unique bird with two beaks and twelve precious tail feathers.�  South Island K?kako. The ‘orange-wattled crow’, New Zealand’s elusive Grey Ghost.�  Xerces Blue. The gossamer-winged butterfly of the San Francisco sand dunes.�  Pinta Island Tortoise. The slow-moving, long-lived giant of the Gal�pagos Islands.�  Dodo. The superstar of extinction.�  Schomburgk’s Deer. A mysterious deer from the wide floodplains of central Thailand.�  Ivell’s Sea Anemone. A see-through sea creature known only from southern England.��    A modern must-read for anyone interested in protecting our earth and its incredible wildlife,�Gone�is�an evocative call to conserve what we have before it is lost forever.  �","brand":"Aurum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40741755584597,"sku":"9780711276925N","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/9cb66752-57c0-4cce-9010-4c388951e972.jpg?v=1702672968","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/gone-stories-of-extinction","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}