02243cam a2200397 i 4500 555729106 TxAuBib 20220504120000.0 220204t20211984||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bc2042722872 9780008477820 hardback 0008477825 hardback TxAuBib rda Attenborough, David, 1926- Living planet : the web of life on Earth / David Attenborough. Web of life on Earth. Fully updated edition. London : William Collins, 2021. ©1984. xviii, 302 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Includes index. "Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on the soles of their feet. In The Living Planet, David Attenborough's searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the these colonies, from the lonely heights of the Himalayas to the wild creatures that have established themselves in the most recent of environments, the city. By the end of this book it is difficult to say which is the more astonishing - the ingenuity with which individual species contrive a living, or the complexity of their interdependence on each other and on the habitations provided by our planet."-- (source of summary not specified.) 20220504. Life (Biology.) Natural history. Evolution. Zoology. Ecology. TXWIT