num_pages: 406
description: For the whole of human history we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies religion and rituals; exploited them for their natural resources; and been inspired by them for our music art and poetry.In Ten Birds that Changed the World naturalist and author Stephen Moss tells the gripping story of this long and eventful relationship through ten key species from all seven of the world's continents. From Odin's faithful raven companions to Darwin's finches and from the wild turkey of the Americas to the emperor penguin as potent symbol of the climate crisis this is a fascinating eye-opening and endlessly engaging work of natural history.
language: English
title: TEN BIRDS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing