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Chargement... Australian Big Cats: An Unnatural History of Pantherspar Mike Williams
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The Australian bush holds many secrets, and one of its biggest is ?about to be revealed. For decades there has been talk of big cats roaming the Australian bush. These large cats - predominantly black - have only afforded their witnesses fleeting glimpses, and left behind tantalising clues: scraps of fur, a paw print or three, unusually large scats, and livestock carcasses surgically dismembered and picked clean of flesh. In their wake, they leave carnage and bewilderment: What are they? How did they get here? The authors don't just ask the questions, they seek the answers, and what they have found will intrigue the sceptic and the believer alike. The book also dedicates a chapter to the profusion of sightings and speculation in neighbouring New Zealand, and sharing for the first time highlights from the unpublished manuscript of New Zealand's first big cat hunter. Flesh-and-blood or flight of fancy? Exotic pest, mutant feral or 'extinct' marsupial lion? Join the authors as they explore one of Australia's greatest wildlife mysteries. "The authors' even-handed, open-minded approach provides ample evidences for the theories they touch upon...this is a first-rate Fortean classic, fastidiously sourced, and essential reading for all students of the ABC phenomenon." - Fortean Times "At 434 pages, it's substantial. It's also highly readable, nicely formatted and very well illustrated. The authors have collated a vast amount of information gleaned not only from published sources but also from interviews with both eyewitnesses and people who have examined evidence firsthand. So, to anyone seriously interested in mystery animals, mystery big cats or Australian mammals in general, this book is a must-have..." - Dr Darren Naish, author of Scientific American blog Tetrapod Zoology Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I was confirmed in my opinion that many have sighted something extraordinary in the bush - and that we are still waiting for a real answer to the questions, What? and Where from?
A real disappointment was its Eastern States bias. The authors appeared to have problems with West Australian geography. Any sandgroper who read that a report of a cat sighting near the Chester Pass (in the extreme south of the State) was telephoned in from Southern Cross (700 km away in the Goldfields) would be as interested to solve that mystery as in the cat itself. Towns and localities were conflated (Rosa Brook is a locality near Margaret River, not a separate town), and we jumped from the forests of the southwest to the hills around Perth without drawing breath. Surely the problems of identifying these creatures differ with the terrains in question.
That Eastern bias is a real problem, that nearly mars a fascinating read! ( )