The Eye of the Crocodile.
Plumwood, Val.
The Eye of the Crocodile. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (110 pages)
The Eye of the Crocodile -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- First section -- 1. Meeting the predator -- 2. Dry season (Yegge) in the stonecountry -- 3. The wisdom of the balanced rock:The parallel universe and the preyperspective -- Second section -- 4. A wombat wake: In memoriam Birubi -- 5. 'Babe': The tale of the speaking meat -- Third section -- 6. Animals and ecology: Towards abetter integration -- 7. Tasteless: Towards a food-basedapproach to death -- Works cited.
In 1985 Val Plumwood was attacked by a crocodile while kayaking alone in the Kakadu national park. She was death rolled three times before being released from the crocodile's jaws. She crawled for hours through swamp with appalling injuries before being rescued. The experience made her well placed to write about cultural responses to death.
9781922144171
Predation (Biology)--Mathematical models.
Electronic books.
QL758 -- .P586 2012eb
591.53
The Eye of the Crocodile. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (110 pages)
The Eye of the Crocodile -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- First section -- 1. Meeting the predator -- 2. Dry season (Yegge) in the stonecountry -- 3. The wisdom of the balanced rock:The parallel universe and the preyperspective -- Second section -- 4. A wombat wake: In memoriam Birubi -- 5. 'Babe': The tale of the speaking meat -- Third section -- 6. Animals and ecology: Towards abetter integration -- 7. Tasteless: Towards a food-basedapproach to death -- Works cited.
In 1985 Val Plumwood was attacked by a crocodile while kayaking alone in the Kakadu national park. She was death rolled three times before being released from the crocodile's jaws. She crawled for hours through swamp with appalling injuries before being rescued. The experience made her well placed to write about cultural responses to death.
9781922144171
Predation (Biology)--Mathematical models.
Electronic books.
QL758 -- .P586 2012eb
591.53