"Montgomery...recounts her adventures and observations with the lyricism and penetrating insights of a poet as well as the logic and factual accuracy of a scientist. Montgomery travels to the Amazon to study the elusive pink dolphin. There is truth in myth, Montgomery reveals, and magic all around us." - BOOKLIST Scientists call them Inia geoffrensis, an ancient species of toothed whale whose origin dates back about 15 million years. To the local people of the Amazon, pink river dolphins are "botos", shape shifters that, in the guise of human desire, can claim your soul and take you to an enchanted underwater world. This book weaves ancient myth and modern science into one woman's search for these elusive creatures. Over four separate journeys, Sy Montgomery follows the dolphins, tracing their spiritual, historical and environmental past, present and future. She takes us to that perfect place where the Amazon melts into the forest, dolphins swim among treetops, and the twenty-first century dissolves into the beginning of time.
Categories:
- Science & Math
- Nature & Ecology
- Oceans & Seas
- Marine Life
- Oceans & Seas
- Nature & Ecology
Publisher : Isis Large Print
Author : Montgomery, Sy
Language : English
Edition : Large Print
Published :2002-07-01
Number Of Pages : 436
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0753156083
ISBN-13 : 9780753156087
Item weight : 1.56 lb
Dimensions : 1.18 in x 6.38 in x 9.46 in
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