Walking with Beasts

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Since the dinosaurs died out over 65 million years ago our planet has been dominated by mammals. A succession of bizarre evolutionary specimens have come and gone -from walking whales to sabre-toothed cats -yet many of these magnificent creatures have never been visualized before. Now, for the first time, spectacular and unfamiliar animals have been recreated and set in the context of their
Walking with Beasts - A Prehistoric Safari reveals the extraordinary ancestors of modern mammals and the arrival of man, bringing to life the roots of our heritage. Following on from the hugely-acclaimed Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts recreates the creatures and landscapes of post-dinosaur Earth; transporting us to the icy plains of the mammoth, dark forests stalked by giant carnivorous birds and deserts dominated by 15 tonne indricotheres.
From the tiny fruit-eating primate Apidlum, to the powerful chalicotheres, whose curved claws forced them to walk on their... Tovább

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Since the dinosaurs died out over 65 million years ago our planet has been dominated by mammals. A succession of bizarre evolutionary specimens have come and gone -from walking whales to sabre-toothed cats -yet many of these magnificent creatures have never been visualized before. Now, for the first time, spectacular and unfamiliar animals have been recreated and set in the context of their
Walking with Beasts - A Prehistoric Safari reveals the extraordinary ancestors of modern mammals and the arrival of man, bringing to life the roots of our heritage. Following on from the hugely-acclaimed Walking with Dinosaurs, Walking with Beasts recreates the creatures and landscapes of post-dinosaur Earth; transporting us to the icy plains of the mammoth, dark forests stalked by giant carnivorous birds and deserts dominated by 15 tonne indricotheres.
From the tiny fruit-eating primate Apidlum, to the powerful chalicotheres, whose curved claws forced them to walk on their knuckles, the lives of these little known creatures are vividly brought to life. Meet the bizarre hose-nosed Macrauchenia, and the Doedlcurus, a giant armadillo with a spiked club for a tail; run with cat-sized horses and rhino-sized carnivorous pigs, hunt with the skull-crushing Andrewsarchus, and walk with the very first humans.
Illustrated boxes describe the latest scientific evidence that led to the reconstructions of these creatures, while character boxes provide Information on behaviour and habitats. The text Is Illustrated throughout with groundbreaking computer graphic images to offer a unique record of lost worlds never seen before and reveal many of the most spectacul^ periods in Earth's history.
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Tim Haines qualified from Bangor University with a BSc in Applied Zoology in 1982. He joined the Nature programme at the BBC TV Natural History Unit, moving to BBC TV Science in 1988. He has worked on many of the major BBC science series, and has produced a number of award-winning Horizons, including the Ice Mummy trilogy. He was the creator and Series Producer of Walking with Dinosaurs, and wrote the accompanying book. He is Executive Producer of Walking with Beasts.
Daren Horley studied illustration at Medway College of Art and Design in Rochester, Kent and graduated in 1988. He pursued a freelance career in traditional illustration before discovering the digital world. In 1997 he joined the computer animation team at Framestore where he designed and painted the skins of the animals in Walking With Dinosaurs. He is now Framestore's digital painting supervisor, working across a number of projects including Walking with Beasts.
Also available, accompanying the Walking with Beasts TV series, are books for children, home videos, a DVD, and a CD of the soundtrack from the series.
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FRONT entelodont and Hyaenodon
BACK Smitodon €) BBC Woridwide 2001 Vissza