Antipode: Seasons with the Extraordinary Wildlife and Culture of Madagascar.HEATHER E. HEYING Madagascar has been separated from other landmasses for at least 80 million years. Because of this, about 90 percent of its species are endemic. The island is a paradise for biologists such as Heying. Poisonous frogs are her specialty, and here she shares what she learned about them in the course of four trips to Madagascar. However, Antipode an·ti·pode n. A direct or diametrical opposite: "We just sit and listen to the fullness of the quiet, as an antipode to focused busyness" Kathryn A. Knox. is much more than that. It's a firsthand first·hand adj. Received from the original source: firsthand information. first account of the ways and lives of researchers who conduct field trips to the other side of the world. Her remarkable experiences reveal an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. diversity of life in Madagascar, including bats with suction cups built into their ankles and carnivorous car·niv·o·rous adj. 1. Of or relating to carnivores. 2. Flesh-eating or predatory: a carnivorous bird. 3. pitcher plants. Heying also clarifies how much the lives of Madagascans differ from those of people in the Western world. St Martins, 2002, 270 p., color plates, hardcover, $25.95. |
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