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PublisherKEW Publishing

ISBN-101842466623

ISBN-139781842466629

eBay Product ID (ePID)250477093

Product Key Features

Book TitleWeird Plants

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLife Sciences / Botany, Plants / General

Publication Year2019

IllustratorYes

GenreNature, Science

AuthorChris Thorogood

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight22.1 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width7.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThis finely illustrated book is intended to draw attention to the range of plants that might be less than pleasant to observe or even to grow, but which nonetheless display fascinating evolutionary adaptation. . . . Offering insight into important biological processes, many of these plants grow in vulnerable habitats and so are worthy of wider attention., this weird and wonderful assortment of plants lovingly captured in Thorogood's oil paintings is far more unusual than any science fiction offering. Some are beautiful, some are macabre, but all demonstrate the incredible strategies that plants need to survive., A boldly illustrated and showy collection of plant marvels such as this can be a very effective way to engage readers of all ages. It also serves as an excellent reminder of why more experienced botanists might have gotten interested in the field. Every reader will have to engage the question: What makes something 'weird'? Perhaps it simply captures the imagination or maybe it deeply stirs that fundamental mystery in our soul. Either way, while happily lost in the world of Weird Plants , the reader is allowed to anthropomorphize wildly--to image a constellation of plant motives and personalities battling it out for survival., Thorogood paints a full picture of the plants that have often been overlooked and dismissed as simply 'weird' looking, and draws us into the reasons behind their strange and perhaps quite frightening appearance. This isn't a book about pretty wallflowers who sit on the sidelines waiting to be attended to. These are rude plants. They've got backbone. The book opens us up to a world where plants are seen in a new light. Where we have new insight into their true colors for the first time., [Thorogood] has been making a name for himself as the kind of botanist that can engage nearly anyone in plants . . . His latest book, Weird Plants , is a case in point. Lavishly illustrated by Thorogood (who loves depicting botanical oddities as much as he does finding them), the book offers an intriguing and accessible insight into plants such as rafflesia, hydnora and welwitschia, which continue to fascinate plant biologists to this day., It is both beautiful and easy to read, and serves as a stepping stone to further botanical investigation ... This is a book to inspire any reader and one that would be welcomed as a gift.

Dewey Decimal583.887

SynopsisPlants trick, kill, steal and kidnap, and this unique book explores a fascinating world in which plants have turned the tables on animals., For the first time, this extraordinary compilation showcases weird, mysterious and bizarre plants from around the world. Plants trick, kill, steal and kidnap, and this unique book explores a fascinating world in which plants have turned the tables on animals. Author Chris Thorogood showcases these plant behaviours, the interrelationships among plants, the interdependencies between plants and animals, and the intrigue of plant evolution. All types of weird and sinister are featured in this book, from carnivorous plants that drug, drown and consume unsuspecting insect prey; giant pitcher plants that have evolved toilets for tree shrews; flowers that mimic rotting flesh to attract pollinating flies, and orchids that duplicitously look, feel andeven smell like a female insect to bamboozle sex-crazed male bees. Familiar plants such as the Venus fly trap and bird of paradise are featured, along with a host of the un-familiar, such as the parasitic devil's guts, the monkey-face orchid and a tropical tree with flowers that resemble a pair of ruby red lips. The book is illustrated throughout with a unique collection of life-like oil paintings by the author, who has encountered these weird plants around the world., For the first time, this extraordinary compilation showcases weird, mysterious and bizarre plants from around the world. Plants trick, kill, steal and kidnap, and this unique book explores a fascinating world in which plants have turned the tables on animals. Author Chris Thorogood showcases these plant behaviours, the interrelationships among plants, the interdependencies between plants and animals, and the intrigue of plant evolution. All types of weird and sinister are featured in this book, from carnivorous plants that drug, drown and consume unsuspecting insect prey; giant pitcher plants that have evolved toilets for tree shrews; flowers that mimic rotting flesh to attract pollinating flies, and orchids that duplicitously look, feel and even smell like a female insect to bamboozle sex-crazed male bees., In this little book of horrors, Chris Thorogood reveals the weird, the wonky, and the sinister specimens he has encountered during his travels in the wide world of plants. Far from passively absorbing the sun's rays, these plants kill, steal and kidnap, making them dynamic participants in the ecosystems around them. From orchids that duplicitously look, feel and even smell like a female insect to bamboozle sex-crazed male bees to giant pitcher plants that have evolved toilets for tree shrews to carnivorous plants that drug, drown, and consume unsuspecting insect prey, Weird Plants takes us deep inside the worlds of plants whose imaginative and calculating survival methods are startlingly reminiscent of human schemes. To guide us through these unfamiliar plantscapes, Thorogood has organized his book into seven categories fit for a horror film: Vampires, Killers, Fraudsters, Jailers, Accomplices, Survivors, and Hitchhikers. These categories take us through a variety of plant life and around the world, documenting the remote corners where many of these specimens are found. Through the combination of Thorogood's oil paintings and botanical expertise, these fantastic plants come alive on the page.

LC Classification NumberQK917