{"product_id":"a-californians-guide-to-the-mammals-among-us-paperback","title":"A Californian's Guide to the Mammals Among Us - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Hood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new guidebook joins its sister titles \u003ci\u003eA Californian's Guide to the Birds Among Us\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Californian's Guide to the Trees Among Us\u003c\/i\u003e in introducing naturalists of all levels to over forty varieties of the Golden State's fascinating warm-blooded wildlife.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its current tally of 212 species, California's mammal list is the largest of all the United States'. Full-color images and evocative descriptions make identification fun and intuitive: a bobcat, for example, has \"a Civil War look, with old-fashioned sideburns framing the face in black and white,\" while a blue whale is named for its coloration of not \"old jeans or dull paint, but a luminous, 'how can water catch on fire?' kind of blue.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthor Charles Hood supplements essential information with strange but true facts like voles' predilection for deer antlers as a source of calcium, and Mexican free-tailed bats' ability to live in gaseous environments that would kill most other animals. With refreshingly pragmatic commentary (\"the fact is, even for experienced naturalists, most chipmunks look pretty much alike\") and sound advice for where to see mammals in urban and wilderness settings alike, this lively and even quotable guide will inspire people to connect with their environments wherever they are.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet and essayist \u003cb\u003eCharles Hood\u003c\/b\u003e has been a factory worker, a ski instructor, and a birding guide in Africa. His recent books published by Heyday include \u003cb\u003eNocturnalia\u003c\/b\u003e, an appreciation of nature after dark, and the essay collection \u003ci\u003eA Salad Only the Devil Would Eat: The Joys of Ugly Nature\u003c\/i\u003e. His wildlife studies have taken him around the world, from the high Arctic to the South Pole, and from Tibet to West Africa to the Amazon. Mammal no. 1,000 seen and recorded on his world animal list was a Crossley's dwarf lemur in Madagascar. (Mammal no. 999 was a Malagasy white-bellied free-tailed bat.) Recently retired and now professor emeritus, Hood lives in the Mojave Desert with two kayaks, two mountain bikes, two dogs, and five thousand books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463274357043,"sku":"9781597144438","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/vOKnydj7pJ9781597144438.webp?v=1781626925","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/a-californians-guide-to-the-mammals-among-us-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}