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Still alive, a wild life of rediscovery, by Forrest Galante, the world's leading rare species expert and host of Extinct or Alive

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Still alive, a wild life of rediscovery, by Forrest Galante, the world's leading rare species expert and host of Extinct or Alive

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Still alive

Responsibility statement

by Forrest Galante, the world's leading rare species expert and host of Extinct or Alive

Sub title

a wild life of rediscovery

Summary

Forrest Galante, host of Extinct or Alive and the world's #1 rare species expert, takes readers along with him through the deepest wilderness and most remote and dangerous parts of the world to find all the animals we thought were extinct. In the course of his travels, Galante has been attacked by lions, stung by jellyfish, bitten by snakes and had run-ins with pissed off hippos. Still Alive offers a travelogue of Galante's most harrowing adventures, introducing readers to some of the most unique rare species he's encountered, while also adding the unpredictable drama and human element of traveling to some of the world's most isolated locations. Part memoir, part biological adventure, Still Alive is a calling card for conservation, highlighting not just Galante's toughness as he finds animals thought to be lost, but also the resiliency of the animals themselves, as they keep their species alive in spite of the odds

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Life in Zimbabwe -- California dreaming -- Finding my path as a wildlife biologist -- A monster week -- Rewriting natural history (the first time) -- Face the beast -- Reality check -- Cartels, jungle powder, and Caiman -- The new poster child of conservation -- Sharks for weeks -- Tire croc -- Epilogue -- Taking action

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