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I Più Begli Animali delle Alpi: Mammiferi, Uccelli, Anfibi e Rettili che si Incontrano Durante le Escursioni in Montagna [The Finest Animals of the Alps: Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, and Reptiles That Can Be Encountered during Excursions in the Mountains]

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192 pages, colour photos
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I Più Begli Animali delle Alpi: Mammiferi, Uccelli, Anfibi e Rettili che si Incontrano Durante le Escursioni in Montagna [The Finest Animals of the Alps: Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, and Reptiles That Can Be Encountered during Excursions in the Mountains]
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  • I Più Begli Animali delle Alpi: Mammiferi, Uccelli, Anfibi e Rettili che si Incontrano Durante le Escursioni in Montagna [The Finest Animals of the Alps: Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, and Reptiles That Can Be Encountered during Excursions in the Mountains] ISBN: 9788879041942 Paperback Jan 2016 Out of Print #231577
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Language: Italian

After the success of the dedicated field guides to the major groups of alpine fauna, this is an anthology of 45 animals (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) that run, jump, dig, climb, and fly in the Alps. Animals which we can only describe as "beautiful": This collection of animals stirs the imagination, bringing about mixed feelings of admiration and fear (the wolf, the lynx, the bear, the eagle, the viper), inspires tenderness because of their physiognomy care and protection instincts (roe deer, squirrel, dormouse, the pygmy owl), arouses our sympathy by being funny and reminding us of our own clumsiness (the Alpine frog, the crested tit), or seduce us with their elegance and the ability to play with the optical illusions of colour (the spotted salamander, the yellow wagtail, the woodpecker). This is a compendium of the most interesting species of the Alps, therefore, aimed at those who want to learn more, and learn properly, about the animals fleetingly observed during a walk, animals not yet seen but that one would like so much to see, or animals you can hardly meet, but who occupy our imagination when we think about the world, and our fascinating and mysterious mountains.

Summary in Italian:
Dopo il successo dei testi specialistici sui principali gruppi della fauna alpina, un antologia di 45 animali (anfibi, rettili, uccelli e mammiferi) che corrono, saltano, scavano, si arrampicano, volano sulle nostre montagne. Animali che, in termini provocatoriamente scorretti, non possiamo che definire «belli»: perché agitano il nostro subconscio zoologico evocando sentimenti ambivalenti di ammirazione e paura (il lupo, la lince, l'orso, l'aquila, la vipera), perché la loro fisionomia suscita tenerezza, istinti di cura e protezione (il capriolo, lo scoiattolo, il quercino, la civetta nana), perché, buffi, suscitano la nostra simpatia ricordandoci la goffaggine con cui anche noi stiamo al mondo (la rana alpina, la cincia dal ciuffo), perché ci seducono con la loro eleganza e con la capacità di giocare con quelle illusioni ottiche che chiamiamo colori (la salamandra pezzata, la ballerina gialla, il picchio muraiolo). Un compendio delle specie più interessanti delle Alpi, dunque, rivolto a tutti coloro che vogliono saperne di più, e saperne correttamente, su animali scorti fugacemente o osservati durante una passeggiata, su animali non ancora visti ma che si vorrebbe tanto vedere, su animali che difficilmente si potranno incontrare ma che occupano il nostro immaginario quando pensiamo al mondo, nonostante tutto ancora affascinante e misterioso, delle nostre montagne.

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192 pages, colour photos
Publisher: Blu Edizioni
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