“THIS UNIQUE BOOK is the product of many years of research
in many parts of Australia.”
Earlier this year I wrote about pigeon poo here in this
blog. What if the poo you’ve found isn’t pigeon poo? How can we tell what it is? Well this is just another one of those tricky
situations that Huc & Gabet seeks out the books that will give you all the
answers. Yes, this book contains
photographs of poo. It also contains
photographs of animal skulls, tracks, trails, scratchings and diggings and
there’s even photographs of Aboriginal tracking, but of course I go for the
lowest denominator and just mention the poo.
Here’s a couple of photographs of poo (politely listed as
“droppings” in the book).
Western Grey Kangaroo
Lesser Brown Bandicoot
Maybe it’s just me but I think I would have preferred some
colour photographs to get the full experience.
A grainy small black and white photograph just doesn’t really cut the
mustard. Seriously though, this is a great
book. There are plenty of books/field
guides that have photographs and/or illustrations of animals, this one is when
the animal isn’t actually there, which if you think about it, is more often
than it is there… a bit like
this book (… a little bit of philosophy???).
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