The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal (Scientists in the Field (Paperback)) by Sy Montgomery Book cover type:Paperback 07" H x 11

07" H x 11

The student text is written in a lively

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and you just might be inspired to plan your next National Parks trip

Gene's earthy wit and sometimes irreverent humor combines with his valuable perspectives on many wide-ranging subjects--everything from how to show a ram who's boss to enjoying the almost churchlike calmness of a well-built livestock barn

The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal (Scientists in the Field (Paperback)) by Sy Montgomery Book cover type:Paperback 07" H x 11If you've never seen a lowland tapir, you're not alone. Most of the people who live near tapir habitat in Brazil's vast Pantanal ("the Everglades on steroids") haven't seen the elusive snorkel snouted mammal, either. In this arresting nonfiction picture book, Sibert winners Sy Montgomery and Nic Bishop join a tapir finding expedition led by the Brazilian field scientist Pati Medici. Aspiring scientists will love the immediate, often humorous "you are