[bksvol-discuss] OT: For all animal lovers
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bookshare Vol Group <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:20:52 -0700 (PDT)
Hi gang,
Just wanted to let all of the animal lovers in the group know that I approved a
bestseller called Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal
Kingdom. It's at http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/392149/.
The long synopsis is
It is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and
the leopard shall lie down with the kid ... Written by National
Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships
documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with
nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a
bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster. The
well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla and All Ball the
kitten; and the hippo Owen and the tortoise Mzee. And almost
inexplicable stories of predators befriending prey -- an Indian leopard
slips into a village every night to sleep with a calf. A lionness
mothers a baby oryx. Ms. Holland narrates the details and arc of each
story, and also offers insights into how the young leopard, probably
motherless, sought maternal comfort with the calf, and how a baby oryx
inspired the same mothering instinct in the lionness. Or, in the story
of Kizzy, a nervous retired Greyhound, and Murphy, a red tabby, how cats and
dogs actually understand each other's body language. With Murphy's
friendship and support, Kizzy recovered from life as a racing dog and
became a confident, loyal family pet. These are the most amazing
friendships between species, collected from around the world and
documented in a selection of full-color candid photographs. Carrie
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