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Owl

Owl( )
Author: Morris, Desmond
Series title:Animal Ser.
ISBN:978-1-86189-525-7
Publication Date:Nov 2009
Publisher:Reaktion Books, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $19.95
Book Description:

'The owls are not what they seem'. From ancient Babylon, to Edward Lear'sThe Owl and the Pussycat and the grandiloquent, absent-minded Owl fromWinnie the Pooh, to David Lynch's Twin Peaks, owls have woven themselves into the fabric of human culture from earliest times. Beautiful, silent, pitiless predators of the night, possessing contradictory qualities of good and evil, they are enigmatic creatures that dwell throughout the world yet barely make their presence...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Nature / Animals / Birds
Art / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Nature
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.375 x 7.5 x 0.6 Inches
Book Weight:0.748 Pounds
Author Biography
Morris, Desmond (Author)
Desmond Morris was born January 24, 1928 in Purton, North Wiltshire, United Kingdom. He is a British zoologist, ethologist, author, and surrealist painter.

After Morris' military service, he attended the University of Birmingham and graduated in 1951 with a First Class Honours Degree in Zoology. In 1954, he received a D.Phil from Oxford University. After graduation, Morris was a Curator of Mammals at the London Zoo until 1966.

Morris was a presenter of the ITV television program "Zoo Time" in the 1950s, but may be best-known for his 1967 best-selling book, The Naked Ape, which describes the evolution of human behavior from a zoological point-of-view.

Morris has authored nearly fifty scientific publications.

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