Can I read Carnivorous Nights : On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger on EtoBox?

Carnivorous Nights : On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger by Margaret Mittelbach; Michael Crewdson is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Carnivorous Nights : On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger about?

Packing an off-kilter sense of humor and keen scientific minds, authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson take off with renowned artist Alexis Rockman on a postmodern safari. Their mission? Tracking down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. This mysterious, striped predator was once the world's largest carnivorous marsupial. It had a pouch like a kangaroo and a jaw that opened impossibly wide to reveal terrifying choppers. Tragically, this rare and powerful animal was hunted into extinction in the early part of the twentieth century. Or was it? Journeying first to the Australian mainland and then south to the wild island of Tasmania, these young naturalists brave a series of bizarre misadventures and uproarious wildlife encounters in their obsessive search for the long-lost beast. From an ancient cave featuring an aboriginal painting of the tiger to a lab in Sydney where maverick scientists are trying to resurrect the animal through cloning, this intrepid trio comes face-to-face with blood-sucking land leeches and venomous bull ants, a misbehaving wallaby who invades their motel room, and a crew of flesh-eating, bone-crunching Tasmanian devils gorging on roadkill. They bond with tra

Who reads Carnivorous Nights : On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger?

Author

Margaret Mittelbach; Michael Crewdson

Publisher

Villard

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812967692

Category

science

Subjects

Fiction, Science, Nature

Rating

3.88 / 5 (268 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14