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Wild Thing, I Think I Love You!: Close Encounters with Wildlife Around the World

Wild Thing, I Think I Love You!: Close Encounters with Wildlife Around the World - Paperback

by Laurie McAndish King
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Availability:In StockContributor:Laurie McAndish KingPublish date:4/12/2026Pages:246
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Destination InsightsISBN-13:9781732774766ISBN-10:1732774765UPC:9781732774766Book Category:Nature, TravelBook Subcategory:Animals, Special Interest, EssaysBook Topic:Wildlife, EcotourismSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.259Product ID:SC5F0PH0GH

What happens when curiosity puts you face-to-face with the wild? In this collection of true stories, Laurie McAndish King travels the globe into the charged, surprising spaces where human lives intersect with animal lives. With a sharp eye, a humane voice, and a gift for turning risk into relationship, she introduces readers to:

- A three-legged elephant

- A gift-giving toucan

- Surprisingly intelligent wildebeest

- A cyanide-eating lemur

- Flightless birds

- A three-eyed cannibal

- And many more captivating creatures...

From awkward standoffs to close calls and moments of unexpected tenderness, these encounters are by turns funny, unnerving, and full of wonder. Each story invites you into the thrill of adventure and the pleasure of attention-leaving you entertained, absorbed, and quietly changed in the way you experience animals and your own place in the living world.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Destination InsightsISBN-13:9781732774766ISBN-10:1732774765UPC:9781732774766Book Category:Nature, TravelBook Subcategory:Animals, Special Interest, EssaysBook Topic:Wildlife, EcotourismSize:8.00 x 5.25 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.259Product ID:SC5F0PH0GH
King, Laurie McAndish: - Laurie McAndish King is an award-winning author with an eye for the quirky. Her subjects include a one-legged toucan, an elephant orphanage, the alleged medicinal qualities of rhino horn, the basics of eagle sex, and a purring cheetah. King's essays and photography have appeared in Smithsonian magazine, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, Travelers' Tales' The Best Women's Travel Writing, Lonely Planet's The Kindness of Strangers, and other magazines and literary anthologies.
Publisher: Destination Insights

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