Europe: A Natural History
By Tim Flannery
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Tim Flannery
Tim Flannery is a palaeontologist, explorer and conservationist. From the late 1980s, Tim’s focus shifted towards the living mammals of Melanesia and the Pacific Islands. In 1995 he published comprehensive works on the biologically rich regions of New Guinea and the Pacific. Tim maintains a role in Pacific Island conservation efforts today via relationships with organisations and communities in Melanesia.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Entertaining and thoroughly fascinating book from of my favourite authors. Noted Australian biologist and environmentalist Tim Flannery follows up on his books on the natural histories of Australia and North America with a history of life in Europe from 100 million years ago to the present. Europe began as an archipelago of small landmasses and large islands in the wake of the break-up of Pangaea, unlike the other continents it was completely unrecognisable from what it is today (Flannery makes the pertinent point that technically Europe is not a continent at all, merely a division of the greater Eurasian land mass). At the beginning of its history Europe was the domain of not very impressive dinosaurs, primitive amphibians, reptiles and birds. After the dinosaurs passed a varity of mammals came and went between Europe and the other continets as land bridges opened and closed, culminating in the spectacaular megafauna of the Ice Age. Many readers might be surprised by the fact that animals such as lions, hyenas, giraffes, rhinos, hippos, giant birds, crocodiles and even apes have all called Europe home at some stage in its history. Flannery livens his account with humour and revelation of amazing facts ie that mammoths had a "clapper" that protected their anus from the cold, and the Balaeric Isles were once occupied by a creature best described as a "mouse-goat". The account concludes in the modern era with the extinction and near-extinction of many animals, the return from the brink of others, and the fight to return long-gone animals to their former European homes. Immensely enjoyable and wonderfully informative book.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Easy and entertaining read and lots of interesting stuff. I hadn't heard the name for the european bison - wisent - before but I won't forget it now. I'm still struggling to grasp the different sweeps of time, with plate tectonics, ancient animal races, ice ages and recent history. I thought for a while that more and better timelines might help but I've seen lots of timelines before and it never seems to sink in so hopefully this narrative will leave a more lasting trace. And I love the suggestion we might rewild Europe not just with bears and wolves, but with wisent, lions and forest elephant. We have beavers coming to a wildlife trust enclosure in Derbyshire this year - perhaps only the start!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Simply brilliant! A masterful saga told by one of Australia's greatest authors of natural history.