A tie-in book for children to accompany Extinct, a dramatic new series from Wall to Wall, the producers of 1940s House. Fact: 99.9 percent of all species that have ever existed on earth are now extinct. In Extinct, six of them are brought stunningly back to life using the very latest 3D computer graphics technology combined with years of scientific knowledge. With programmes devoted to the dodo, sabre-toothed tiger, great auk, Tasmanian tiger, Irish elk, and woolly mammoth, viewers can watch the story of these amazing animals from birth. In Extinct: The Great Auk, young readers can follow the life-cycle of the great auk, one of the most spectacular sea-birds that ever lived great auks could dive to 300 feet in icy water and remain submerged for fifteen minutes, but they were flightless and unable to escape their greatest enemy - man...
- ISBN10 0752219952
- ISBN13 9780752219950
- Publish Date 12 October 2001
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 1 March 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Channel 4 Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 48
- Language English