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Animal Families
My Favourite Animal Families by wildlife photographer Steve Bloom
http://i33.tinypic.com/9kmmme.jpg A new book by a renowned wildlife photographer will melt your heart - with images of family love between members of the animal kingdom. 'My Favourite Animal Families' by Steve Bloom showcases some of the best pictures of baby animals Steve has taken all over the world during the past 14 years Adelie penguins with chick on Paulet Island, Antarctica |
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http://i36.tinypic.com/1zd40ty.jpg Accompanied by text from author David Henry Wilson, whose works include the popular 'Jeremy James' children's series, the book is aimed at kids. But the pictures are so beautiful they will appeal to people of all ages Lioness washing cubs in the Masai Mara, Kenya |
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http://i36.tinypic.com/zimw00.jpg Steve said: "When shooting these pictures I was working to an underlying theme of anthropomorphism. Animals exhibit some behaviours similar to humans and showing people this can hopefully stimulate interest and education" Elephant seals in South Georgia |
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http://i38.tinypic.com/23sat1y.jpg "I want to take kids reading this book into another world, but also to demonstrate that animals, like us, are sentient beings" Mother and baby panda in Sichuan, China |
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"A good example where this worked very well is the baby elephant. Humans don't like being lashed by the rain and the calf shows clearly here that elephants don't like it either. This little one was happy to shelter under its mother"
African elephant and calf in the rain in the Masai Mara, Kenya |
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http://i33.tinypic.com/2gvvsd5.jpg "Through showing behaviour like this, I hope we can increase child readers' appreciation of the animals and help them to connect, so that they understand the importance of these species" Mother and baby hippo in the Okavango Delta, Botswana |
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http://i36.tinypic.com/wwcig9.jpg Spanning almost every habitat across the globe, from the African plains to the frozen Arctic, animals of all kinds have been captured on camera in acts of maternal or paternal caring Polar bear mother and cub in Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada |
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http://i37.tinypic.com/73gjeq.jpg Readers are treated to over 70 photographs presenting fourteen species of wild animal, handpicked to show a wide variety of animal family types in different environments around the world. Each animal family is featured over four pages, with Wilson's text exploring different facets of family life, from feeding and grooming to playing and hunting Lowland gorilla mother and baby |
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http://i37.tinypic.com/295q1x1.jpg A baby orangutan, in Borneo, Kalimantan, perfectly mimics its mother's hand movements - just like a toddler |
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