Owl (Animal)

by Desmond Morris

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The owls are not what they seem. From ancient Babylon to Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat and the grandiloquent, absent-minded Wol from Winnie the Pooh to David Lynch's Twin Peaks, owls have woven themselves into the fabric of human culture from earliest times. Beautiful, silent, pitiless predators of the night, possessing contradictory qualities of good and evil, they are enigmatic creatures that dwell throughout the world yet barely make their presence known. In his fascinating new book, bestselling author and broadcaster Desmond Morris explores the natural and cultural history of one of nature's most popular creatures. Morris...Read more
  • ISBN10 1282795996
  • ISBN13 9781282795990
  • Publish Date 1 January 2009
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 12 May 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Reaktion Books
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 225
  • Language English