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| Tigers: A Look Into the Glittering Eye
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| Author |
Lee Server |
| Publisher |
New Line Books |
| ISBN |
1597641022 |
| Year |
2006 |
| Book Format |
Hardback |
| Pages |
144 |
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With 145 full colour photographs.
The tiger is surely among
the most beautiful and mysterious creatures on earth. Its name alone
evokes a sense of danger, strength, and bravado. Through many centuries
and assorted cultures and civilizations, mankind has been fascinated by
this most glorious of the great cats.
In Tigers: A Look into
the Glittering Eye, tiger aficionados and wildlife enthusiasts alike
will find an engrossing and surprising close-up look into the world of
these feared and revered animals. Beautiful full-color photographs
capture the magic, allure, and complex personality of the tiger from the
fierce prowl of an adult tiger on the hunt to gentler images of playful
cubs, illustrating every aspect of these legendary felines.
The nature, history, and
habitat of the tiger is examined in great detail, as well as the various
markings and personality traits of each tiger subspecies—the stunning
Bengal with its reddish coat, the rare Siberian with its shaggy white
fur, the classic tawny yellow-with-black stripes Indian, as well as
black-and-white tigers and other intriguing combinations.
Once, tigers roamed freely
throughout Asia
and into Africa.
Now, the encroachments of man and civilization have shrunk the tiger's
habitat and endangered the animal's very existence. The entire tiger
population has been reduced to mere thousands and some subspecies such as
the Balinese tiger are already extinct. The tiger has become a symbol of
the fragile existence of even the strongest members of the animal kingdom
in our world, and the photographs within this book take on special meaning
as a possible last glimpse of these beautiful creatures in all their
glory, unless prompt action is taken to ensure their survival
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