![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way, Meiburg draws us into the life and work of W.H. These rare and unusual birds-now called striated caracaras-still exist, and A Most Remarkable Creature reveals the wild and fascinating story of their history, origins, and possible futures in a series of travels throughout South America, from the fog-bound coasts of Tierra del Fuego to the tropical forests of Guyana. But he set this mystery aside, and never returned to it.Īlmost two hundred years later, Meiburg picks up where Darwin left off. Darwin met many unusual creatures in his five-year voyage, but no others showed an interest in studying him-and he wondered why these birds were confined to islands at the tip of South America, sensing a larger story. In 1833, a young Charles Darwin was astonished by a strange animal he met in the Falkland Islands: a handsome, social, and oddly crow-like falcon that was “tame and inquisitive,” “quarrelsome and passionate,” and so insatiably curious that it stole hats, compasses, and other valuables from the crew of the Beagle. ![]()
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