Amazing Animal Adventures in the Desert

Narrated by the Calgary Zoos worldrenowned nature devotee and conservationistBrian Keating nine wonderful true tales of incredible desert wildlifeadaptations an... » 

Narrated by the Calgary Zoos worldrenowned nature devotee and conservationistBrian Keating nine wonderful true tales of incredible desert wildlifeadaptations and inconceivable feats of desert survival unfold on the pages ofthis book.Amazing Animal Adventures in the Desert is the third of eight excitingvolumes in the groundbreaking Going Wild series written for children toencourage them to explore the natural world around them.Keatings highenergy enthusiasm for the wonders of nature is contagiousinspiring children to discover through his eyes how animals people andplants have evolved unique strategies for surviving in one of the worldsharshest ecosystems_the desert. In the desert the days are unbearably hotnights uncomfortably cold and the air and ground impossibly dry.Join Keating as he describes the Landlocked river Delta in Africas KalahariDesert where termites are responsible for building islands. Namib DesertsOryx the perfect desert creature which can survive without drinking water.Maze of slot canyons and rock sculptures in the Utah desert where flash floodswere always on his mind. Baja peninsulas desert landscape and the friendlygrey whales attracted to its lagoons. Transporting herds of female elephants tothe Savi Conservancy in Zimbabwe where one man successfully reclaimed thedesert by reintroducing wildlife. «