Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
₡10.600
₡0
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
Stacey O'Brien
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl
Stacey O'Brien
Descripción
On Valentine's Day 1985, biologist Stacey O'Brien adopted Wesley, a baby barn owl with an injured wing who could not have survived in the wild. Over the next nineteen years, O'Brien studied Wesley's strange habits with both a tender heart and a scientist's eye--and provided a mice-only diet that required her to buy the rodents in bulk (28,000 over the owl's lifetime). She watched him turn from a helpless fluff ball into an avid com-municator with whom she developed a language all their own. Eventually he became a gorgeous, gold-and-white macho adult with a heart-shaped face who preened in the mir-ror and objected to visits by any other males to "his" house. O'Brien also brings us inside Caltech's prestigious research community, a kind of scientific Hogwarts where resident owls sometimes flew freely from office to office and eccentric, brilliant scientists were extraordinarily committed to studying and helping animals; all of them were changed by the animals they loved. As O'Brien gets close to Wesley, she makes astonishing discoveries about owl behavior, intelligence, and communication, coining the term "The Way of the Owl" to describe his noble behavior. When O'Brien develops her own life-threatening ill-ness, the biologist who saved the life of a helpless baby bird is herself rescued from death by the insistent love and courage of this wild animal. Enhanced by wonderful photographs, Wesley the Owl is a thoroughly engaging, heart-warming, often funny story of a complex, emotional, non-human being capable of reason, play, and, most important, love and loyalty. Translated into eight languages and named an Audubon Magazine Editor's Choice, Wesley the Owl is sure to be cherished by animal lovers everywhere.
Detalles
Formato | Tapa suave |
Número de Páginas | 256 |
Lenguaje | Inglés |
Editorial | Atria Books |
Fecha de Publicación | 2009-06-02 |
Dimensiones | 8.5" x 5.5" x 0.63" pulgadas |
Letra Grande | No |
Con Ilustraciones | No |
Temas | Femenino |
Acerca del Autor
Stacey O'Brien is trained as a biologist specializing in wild animal behavior. She graduated from Occidental College with a B.S. in Biology and continued her education at Caltech. She lives in southern California.
Garantía & Otros
Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
Peso: | 0.222 kg |
SKU: | 9781416551775 |
Publicado en Unimart.com: | 06/11/23 |
Feedback: |
¿Viste un precio más bajo?
Queremos saber.
×
Informános Sobre un Mejor Precio Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl ¿Viste un precio más bajo? Queremos saber. Aunque no podemos igualar todos los precios, usaremos tus comentarios para asegurarnos que nuestros precios sean competitivos. ¿Adonde viste un precio más bajo? |
×