"Learn why species go extinct"
The Devonian period is often called ‘the Age of the Fishes’, and of all the fishes, the Dunkleosteus was the scariest and most powerful of all, the apex predator. Huge, with an armoured head, and the fastest bite you can imagine, it ate everything, including other Dunkleosteuses (i?). None of that helped of course when the Dunkleosteus faced a mass extinction event, in its case, it was a victim of the Late Devonian mass extinction, the only one that might have been caused by trees.
In the second in his excellent series on extinction, Ben Garrod brings this amazing creature back to life, and explains all that we think happened during the Late Devonian era. This is non-fiction at its very best – completely up to date, packed with information explained clearly and through some excellent analogies, it tells us everything about the period and creature in question, and lots about our own world too. Buy the set!
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This is a must have series of books for any school library!
The size and colour of this book made me want to open it straight away! I have several dinosaur fans in my class who I know will love this book and the rest of the series. The author's style welcomes the reader and makes a scientific text very readable. There is subject specific terminology and complex vocabulary but I believe this will add to the appeal for dinosaur fans in KS2. The images and diagrams are high quality and add to the enjoyment of the text. I particularly like the full page spreads. I found the information about extinction very interesting and the 'Ask the Expert' section was a welcome light relief.... Read Full Review
I consider myself to be a dinosaur expert and I found this book very interesting and informative. It only took me a few days to read the whole book!
I consider myself to be a dinosaur expert and I found this book very interesting and informative. It only took me a few days to read the whole book! It is a non-fiction book which is full of facts about this strange animal. Overall it is a good book with lots of good pictures and diagrams.... Read Full Review
An accessible, beautifully-illustrated book that covers millions of years of natural history by focusing in on one particularly deadly predator.
Covering millions of years of natural history, Garrod’s Dunkleosteus book is surprisingly accessible. While the title suggests that it will focus on one specific creature, the book actually takes a much wider view and looks at the history of extinction and the development of different species. I found the parts around positive extinctions particularly interesting – it can be a good and perfectly natural thing for a species to die out – it shows that evolution is occurring. It’s when the mass extinctions are caused by us humans that things turn negative!
I found that the book jumped around a little between the Dunkleosteus (a huge, scary ancient predator) and the wider history. It felt like it was loosely tied together. However, I did think Garrod covered some really interesting elements and the illustrations by Gabriel Ugueto are absolutely stunning.... Read Full Review
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