Life everlasting : the animal way of death
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Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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xiv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
591.7 HEINRI 2012
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"When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his "green burial" at Bernd Heinrich's hunting camp in Maine, it inspired the acclaimed biologist/author to investigate a subject that had long fascinated him. How exactly does the animal world deal with the flip side of the life cycle? And what are the lessons, ecological to spiritual, raised by a close look at how the animal world renews itself? Heinrich focuses his wholly original gaze on the fascinating doings of creatures most of us would otherwise turn away from--field mouse burials conducted by carrion beetles; the communication strategies ravens, "the premier northern undertakers," use to do their work; and the "inadvertent teamwork" among wolves and large cats, foxes and weasels, bald eagles and nuthatches in cold-weather dispersal of killed prey. Heinrich reveals, too, how and where humans still play our ancient and important role as scavengers, thereby turning--not dust to dust--but life to life"--
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"Bernd Heinrich receives a letter from a severely ill friend asking if he might have a "green burial" at Heinrich's hunting camp, and the acclaimed biologist/author sets out to explore exactly how the animal world deals with the death-to-life cycle and what we can learn from the process, both ecologically and spiritually" --

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Heinrich, B. Life everlasting: the animal way of death . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-. Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Heinrich, Bernd, 1940-. Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Heinrich, Bernd. Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

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