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Provides the true stories of people who fought to survive in harsh wilderness areas, including Aron Ralston, who survived having an 800-pound boulder crush his hand in the desert, Ada Blackjack, who survived alone in the Arctic, and Juliane Koepcke, who survived for days in the Amazon rainforest after a plane crash. Includes a glossary, resources for further research, and an index.
2) Saving the Tasmanian devil: how science is helping the world's largest marsupial carnivore survive
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"In this addition to the critically acclaimed Scientist in the Field series, Dorothy Patent follows the scientists trying to put a stop to a gruesome disease before it's too late. Tasmanian devils are dying at an alarming rate from a type of tumor that appears to be contagious. What scientists are learning while researching the Tasmanian devil has potential to affect all animals, and even humans, as they learn more about how to prevent and hopefully...