Twenty-five years ago, as a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney, he set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands.?Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia-Woodlark, in the Trobriands Group-that young scientist found himself ghost-whispering, snake wrestling, Quadoi hunting and plunged waist-deep into a sludge of maggot-infested faeces in search of a small bat that turned out not to be earth-shatteringly interesting. Tim Flannery takes us on an enthralling journey through some of the most diverse and spectacular environments on Earth.
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