Why I love Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

[bunnyjadwiga]

And I quote from the 2003 edition, vol. 13, p. 52:
". . . no reasonable person would ever risk crawling down a wombat burrow, but a 15 year old boy explored many burrows of the common wombat in 1960 and wrote up his observation in a now-famous article in his school magazine. . . "

The 1972 edition is far fuller of fascinating descriptive material than the 2003, but the 2003 edition has many more adorable photos of baby animals. (Aren't I shallow librarian?)

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[pedropadrao.livejournal.com]

Sheesh. Most people are content with poking around steam tunnels, but that's not enough for that guy. I've got to find that article...