Secret Stories of Lost Beasts: A Field Guide to Uncover Earths Ancient Animals [Hardcover]

The secret lives and amazing adaptations of past creatures are revealed in this beautifully illustrated compendium of Earth’s long-gone beasts.

Buried far beneath the ground aresecret stories of ancient lands.Stories from a time whendinosaurs with tails asbig as whalestowered over trees,birds had teeth,andsuper-fast sharks with saws for jaws swam through oceans and seas.

Earth’s amazing animals may be lost in time, but they are no longer forgotten.

Fromdinosaursandsea beasts,togiant bugs,birdsandIce Age mammals,these spectacular species were once to be seen stomping, roaring, soaring and crawling across land, sky and sea – but are now extinct andlost forever.
 
In thisbeautifully illustrated follow-up toSecret Stories of Nature,you can uncover the fascinating histories of Earth’s most astounding extinct animals, from iconic beasts such asTyrannosaurus rex, thewoolly mammothand thedodo, to jaw-dropping creatures such as a dragonfly-relative the size of a pigeon and a tiny sea beast that looked like a cartoon character. 

When did giant bugs zoom through the skies and how did these creepy-crawlies become so colossal? Which dinosaurs had feathers and why is T. rex the most famous dinosaur of all time? How did mammals survive the giant asteroid? Which extinct animal had a boomerang-shaped head and which one was a mishmash of a bird, pig, crocodile and armoured armadillo? The answers to these secrets are waiting for you within!

You'll discover how scientists past and present have used research, observation andfossil recordsto piece these stories together andunravel their secrets. Intriguingly, some secrets are yet to be revealed, while others are rewritten when exciting new information changes what we think we know.

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