Photographing a diversity of animals in a range of habitats - from the misty rain forests of Costa Rica to the plains of Africa - and with an accompanying essay for each mammal, bird, reptile, fish or insect covered, this superb photobook tells us why animals do what they do.|
From the foreword by Jane Goodall: `The photographs capture the very essence of each of the subjects portrayed - the wonderful loving, joyous delight in an elephant meeting a good friend; the staunch, rugged spirit of a penguin alone in the great expanse of the Antarctic ice field; the extraordinary desterity and industry of the leafcutter ant'.