Page 10 - Stuart Exposure - September '20

Page 10, Stuart Exposure

Book review

The Magnificent Migration: On million wildebeests,
Safari With Africa’s Last Great in separate herds of
tens of thousands,
Herds And Condor Comeback all on the move at
once, accompanied
By Nils A. Shapiro by hundreds of
“The grass is the color of thousands of zebras
lions.” and gazelles. It is
This graceful opening the largest mass
sentence of The Magnificent movement of animals
Migration offers half the on land.”
reason why Sy Montgomery, But that is only
the author of these two new the beginning. The
books and 30 others, has sheer volume of what
been referred to by The you learn in these
Boston Globe as “part pages is staggering
Indiana Jones and part Emily – not only about
Dickinson.” wildebeests, zebras,
As pointed out in numerous descriptions of her, gazelles and giraffes,
“In order to research her books, films and articles, Sy but also about the
Montgomery has been chased by an angry silverback lions, jackals and
gorilla in Zaire and bitten by a vampire bat in Costa Rica, hyenas that follow Wildebeest calves have evolved to already be able to run seven minutes after birth, in order to keep
worked in a pit crawling with 18,000 snakes in Manitoba the herds across the up with the herd and avoid predators that stalk the slow, sick and wounded.
and handled a wild tarantula in French Guiana. She has vast Serengeti, the
been deftly undressed by an orangutan in Borneo, hunted crocodiles that lay in wait at the river crossings, the your mobile phones are unable to connect with service,
by a tiger in India and swum with piranhas, electric eels imposing and powerful hippos. And when your open-sided the tension becomes palpable!
and dolphins in the Amazon. She has searched the Altai Land Cruiser vehicle breaks down in the middle of lion
Mountains of Mongolia’s Gobi for snow leopards, hiked country just before nightfall, miles from any village, and Book Review on page 11
into the trackless cloud forest of Papua New Guinea to
radio collar tree kangaroos and learned to scuba dive in
order to commune with octopuses.”
It is no wonder that many of her books have been Vine Trivia Uncorked
worldwide bestsellers, and that she has been honored
with numerous literary awards. Interestingly, while she
writes all of her books in the same lively and impressively
informative style that have won her a legion of devoted
adult fans, about half of her 32 books have been presented By Laura Berrio, 6. What Has The Highest Alcohol Content: Wine, Beer
by her publishers in oversized formats with many large Freelance Writer/ Or Whisky?
full-color photographs in order to appeal to a wider range Blogger Standard serving sizes of all alcoholic beverages – beer,
of readers as young as preteens because of their exciting 1. What Temperature wine, and liquor – are equal in alcoholic strength and effect
subject matter. Should Red Wine Be on the body.
T he se t wo Stored At And Served At? 7. What Type Of Wine Has The Lowest Calories?
new titles are in Red wine should be Dry and low alcohol content wines are the lowest in
that category. stored at 55 degrees in a calories … although I would rather drink what I like and
Since the books wine refrigerator or cellar. cut calories somewhere else!
are written for Red wine should be served 8. What Happens To Red And White Wine As They
an adult level, at room temperature … Age?
however, even to clarify … not room Red wine gets lighter in color and white wine gets
such media as temperature here in Florida … room temperature in a nice darker in color.
The Washington cool wine cellar …70 degrees. 9. How Much Pressure Is There In A Bottle Of
Post continue 2. What Color Grapes Are Used To Make White Wine? Champagne?
to review them Red grapes! The pressure in a bottle of Champagne is 90 pounds
as adult books, 3. How Many Grapes Does It Take To Make A Bottle Of per square inch, about three times that in your automobile
and with the Wine? tire.
high praise they On average it takes 736 grapes to make one bottle. 10. Are You Scared To Open A Bottle Of Champagne?
deserve. 4. How Many Bubbles In Now You Have A Reason To Be! How Fast Does A Cork
In The A Bottle Of Champagne? Travel When You Open It?
Magnificent Migration, Sy Montgomery takes you along Almost 58 million! A flying cork can travel up to 50 miles per hour.
with her, day by day, on the African safari she experienced 5. Is The Practice Of ~Cheers
as part of a small group of five others, led by her friend Walking On Grapes (Think ~Keep the conversation going and
of thirty years, Dr. Richard Despard Estes, acknowledged I Love Lucy) Still Used In the wine flowing!
the world over as the leading expert on wildebeests, the Wine Making? Follow the Vine on Instagram
bearded antelope species also called “gnus.” It is! Usually when @VineVibeUncorked
As Sy explains, “Like no other event in nature, producing small quantities
the wildebeest migration defines wild Africa. The of high end Port wines.
extravagance of their number stupefies: one and a quarter