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Search for the Golden Moon Bear: Science and Adventure in Pursuit of a New Species
Search for the Golden Moon Bear Science and Adventure in Pursuit of a New Species Author:Sy Montgomery Sy Montgomery has already shared with readers her amazing encounters with great apes, man-eating tigers, and pink river dolphins, but her latest muse is an animal whose name and appearance evoke another world altogether. Southeast Asia�s golden moon bear, with its luminous coat, lionlike mane, and Mickey Mouse ears, was unknown to science�until ... more »Montgomery and her colleagues got on the trail at the dawn of the new millennium.Search for the Golden Moon Bear recounts Montgomery�s quest�fraught with danger and mayhem�to reconstruct an evolutionary record and piece together a living portrait of her littleknown subject. This beautiful animal is not just a scientific eureka! It is also a powerful symbol of conservation. Search for the Golden Moon Bear is a field report from the frontiers of science and the ends of the earth, seamlessly weaving together folklore, natural history, and contemporary research into fantastic travelogue.« less