The Snouters: Form And Life Of The Rhinogrades (A Phoenix Book) Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Snouters are mammals found on the Island of Hy-dud-dye-fee. They are part of the order rhinogrades. Their chief characteristic is extra ordinarily developed and variegated noses. This is a masterpiece of evolutionary science fiction
Series: A Phoenix book
Paperback: 92 pages
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press (September 1981)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0226778959
ISBN-13: 978-0226778952
Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 5.5 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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This is a marvelous spoof book, written in very formal prose, about totally imaginary creatures. (I found a very nice copy at a garage sale selling for a dollar, 50 cents after a bit of bargaining).This was reprinted by The University of Chicago Press with the following legend: "The Snouters was originally published in Germany, under the title Bau und Leben der Rhinogradentia, by Gustav Fischer Verlag Stuttgart in 1957. Copyright � 1964 by Gustav Fischer Verlag Stuttgart. Portions of the book appeared in Natural History magazine in April 1967 and is reprinted here with permission. The 15 plates and 12 text figures in this volume were drawn by Gerolf Steiner. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London.Maggie Koerth-Baker recently wrote a blog post about the book; the picture she refers to can be found by googling Maggie Koerth-Baker imaginary animals."In this dusty display box at the University of Maine sits the carefully preserved skeleton of a small, shrew-like rodent which, lacking hind legs, propelled itself along with the help of a long, jointed nose-foot. If that seems a bit too whimsical to be true, well, it is. The creature belongs to the mammalian order Rhinogradentia – an entirely made-up class of animals. Like this specimen, which belongs to UMaine professor Irving Kornfield, the rhinogrades are all rodents and they all have some sort of fantastic nasal appendage ... and, most importantly, none of them actually exist."Now, there are plenty of imaginary animals in the world and, some of them – like the jackalope, for instance – exist in taxidermy and skeletal form despite not existing as living beings.
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