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The Deadly Balance: Predators and People in a Crowded World
The predators that can hunt, kill and eat us occupy a unique place in the human psyche - and for good reason.
Whether it's lions in Africa, tigers in India or sharks in the world's oceans, we are fascinated by - and often terrified of - predators. Animals that can hunt, kill, and eat us occupy a unique place in the human psyche, and for good reason. Predation forms a big part of our evolutionary history, but in the modern world there are many people who live alongside animals that can, and sometimes do, make them prey.
In The Deadly Balance, biologist Adam Hart explores the complex relationships we have with predators, and investigates what happens when humans become prey. From big cats to army ants, via snakes, bears, wolves, crocodiles, piranhas and more, Hart busts some myths and explores the science behind such encounters. Despite their fearsome and often wildly exaggerated reputations, these animals have far more to fear from us than we do from them. By probing the latest conservation science, Hart explores how we might both conserve the world's predators and live safely alongside them.
Book Details
- Publisher: Bloomsbury SIGMA
- Publish Date: May 9th, 2023
- Pages: 368
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.75in - 5.61in - 1.24in - 1.02lb
- EAN: 9781472985361
- Categories: • Popular Culture• Animals - General• Life Sciences - Evolution
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About the Author
Adam Hart is Professor of Science Communication at the University of Gloucestershire. A biologist, broadcaster and author, Adam works on a range of topics including African ecology and conservation, insects and citizen science. He has made more than 30 documentaries for BBC Radio and World Service, most recently the series Tooth and Claw, eight programs examining our complex relationships with predators.
Adam's latest book, The Deadly Balance, explores our difficult interactions with predatory animals such as lions, bears and wolves, and how we can balance conservation with development to create a world where both predators and people can thrive.
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Praise for this book
"Conservation is never easy - especially when predators and people are involved. In The Deadly Balance, Hart guides us through the challenges people and predators face around the world and discusses the solutions we need to adopt to conserve predators and keep people safe. An authoritative must-read for anyone interested in wildlife and conservation." --Steve Backshall, zoologist and TV presenter
"Immersive, poignant and primal, this timely book is a powerful reminder of our humble place alongside predators, and their vital role in building a functioning, resilient planet." --Sophie Pavelle, author of Forget Me Not
"If we are to live alongside predators in a seemingly ever-decreasing world, we need to understand them now better than ever before. Hart's book provides that insight and understanding. A brilliant book, unravelling our complex and interwoven relationships with some of the planet's most iconic predators" --Ben Garrod, author and TV presenter
"One of the most refreshing perspectives on predators I have ever read: an impassioned plea for us to consider the lived experience of people and communities for whom predation is an ever-present threat, that is effortlessly readable and grounded in great science.
In Hart's capable hands, predators are anything but monsters: they are living, breathing organisms that are exemplars of survival, that shape ecosystems and that directly influence the lives of humans and communities with whom they co-exist." --Jules Howard, author of Wonderdog
"[A] thoughtful and thorough presentation of 'our relationship with predatory animals'." --Tony Miksanek, Booklist
"Looks at the science behind living with predators safely, how to know what's truth and what's myth, and how to stay alive when human life encroaches on that of a predator." --Terri Schlichenmeyer, Bristol Herald Courier
"Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students. General readers." - Choice
"The Deadly Balance is well-written and thoroughly researched ... an important contribution to science." - Canadian Field Naturalist Journal
What people are saying
Biologist, broadcaster, author. SciComm, Conservation Sci. Deadly Balance https://t.co/hJV8lR7pSU… #tweetdelete Views my own. Not a work account.
These complex issues and many others explored in my latest book The Deadly Balance from Bloomsbury. "An authoritative must read" Steve Backshall https://t.co/Ttn8sePVOh https://t.co/NxgYU6DjXR
Read Science! host, book lover, biology lecturer, STEM advocate. Increasing your science TBR pile since 2008. Find me on other social media by this same handle.
From February 2, @AdamHartScience saw the release of his book, The Deadly Balance: Predators and People in a Crowded World https://t.co/COFhxXoy27 https://t.co/Ydd3TZkQrn