The Trials of Life | A Natural History of Animal Behaviour
Read about the ways animals really live.
The Trials of Life: A Natural History of Animal Behaviour is Sir David Attenborough's classic exploration of how animals live and behave. He takes twelve key stages that every animal must face then shows how wildly different species solve the very same challenges. Natural history storytelling at its best, this book is full of the curiosity and wonder that have made Attenborough the most trusted voice in the natural world.
The journey moves through twelve stages of an animal's life: arriving, growing up, finding food, hunting and escaping, finding the way, home-making, living together, fighting, friends and rivals, talking to strangers, courting and continuing the line. At each stage Attenborough reveals solutions that are hugely varied and astounding, from the ingenious to the brutal. What makes the book so engaging is how familiar these trials feel, because in the end they are the same trials we face.
This is a book that changes how you watch the living world. It rewards slow reading and repeated visits and deepens the awe that draws so many of us to nature in the first place: the same wonder we hope every visitor carries through our Nature exhibition and galleries. A new edition of a seminal work, it is a fitting way to mark Attenborough's hundredth year and beyond.
Ideal for Sir David Attenborough fans, natural history enthusiasts and anyone searching for a gift for hard-to-buy teens and students. It is a natural choice for readers completing their Attenborough collection
Format: paperback, 282 pages
ISBN: 9780008477905
Dimensions: 200x130x20mm
Weight: 320g
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