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Book Review

The Magnificent Migration:

On Safari With Africa’s

Last Great Herds
And Condor Comeback

By Nils A. Shapiro
“The grass is the color of
lions.”
This graceful opening
sentence of The Magnificent
Migration offers half the
reason why Sy Montgomery,
the author of these two new
books and 30 others, has been
referred to by The Boston These two new titles are in that Wildebeest calves have evolved to already be able to run seven minutes after
Globe as “part Indiana Jones category. Since the books are written for birth, in order to keep up with the herd and avoid predators that stalk the slow,
and part Emily Dickinson.” an adult level, however, even such media sick and wounded.
As pointed out in numerous descriptions of her, “In order as The Washington Post continue to review
to research her books, films and articles, Sy Montgomery them as adult books, and with the high praise they deserve. of lion country just before nightfall, miles from any village,
has been chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Zaire In The Magnificent Migration, Sy Montgomery takes and your mobile phones are unable to connect with service,
and bitten by a vampire bat in Costa Rica, worked in a pit you along with her, day by day, on the African safari she the tension becomes palpable!
crawling with 18,000 snakes in Manitoba and handled a wild experienced as part of a small group of five others, led This is as close to an on the spot safari experience you will
tarantula in French Guiana. She has been deftly undressed by by her friend of thirty years, Dr. Richard Despard Estes, ever have without traveling to Africa. And along the journey
an orangutan in Borneo, hunted by a tiger in India and swum acknowledged the world over as the leading expert on she offers a bonus – descriptions of such remarkable other
with piranhas, electric eels and dolphins in the Amazon. She wildebeests, the bearded antelope species also called “gnus.” migrations as: the five-mile, week-long trip of 40 million
has searched the Altai Mountains of Mongolia’s Gobi for As Sy explains, “Like no other event in nature, the Christmas Island red crabs off Australia’s Indian Ocean
snow leopards, hiked into the trackless cloud forest of Papua wildebeest migration defines wild Africa. The extravagance of coast; the loggerhead sea turtles’ migration that can take up
New Guinea to radio collar tree kangaroos and learned to their number stupefies: one and a quarter million wildebeests, to 15 years to complete; the billions of pilchard sardines in a
scuba dive in order to commune with octopuses.” in separate herds of tens of thousands, all on the move at giant school miles across along the east coast of South Africa
It is no wonder that many of her books have been once, accompanied by hundreds of thousands of zebras and from May to July to fertilize their eggs, attracting predators
worldwide bestsellers, and that she has been honored with gazelles. It is the largest mass movement of animals on land.” swooping from the skies and sharks, dolphins and others
numerous literary awards. Interestingly, while she writes all But that is only the beginning. The sheer volume of from the depths of the ocean; the round-trip journey of 300
of her books in the same lively and impressively informative what you learn in these pages is staggering – not only about million monarch butterflies that takes four generations of their
style that have won her a legion of devoted adult fans, about wildebeests, zebras, gazelles and giraffes, but also about the families to complete ... and the tiny, floating sea organisms
half of her 32 books have been presented by her publishers lions, jackals and hyenas that follow the herds across the called zooplankton all over the world’s oceans, most two-
in oversized formats with many large full-color photographs vast Serengeti, the crocodiles that lay in wait at the river tenths of an inch or smaller, that migrate vertically from
in order to appeal to a wider range of readers as young as crossings, the imposing and powerful hippos. And when your
preteens because of their exciting subject matter. open-sided Land Cruiser vehicle breaks down in the middle Book Review on page 18

Pet Matters

by Pat Deshong, President of Furry Friends
Adoption, Clinic & Ranch, August 2020

“For the Love of Animals” Lucy had tuned into his condition and gotten him the help
features real stories happening he needed. This scenario has repeated itself on several
at Furry Friends in Jupiter. We occasions and, as a result, the bond between Lucy and the
are The Humane Society of son is everlasting. From being discarded to being a hero,
Greater Jupiter/Tequesta and the we are so proud of Lucy and what she represents for the
only no-kill shelter open to the many that we rescue!
public in northern Palm Beach When considering adding a furry family member to
County. We’ve been rescuing, your family, please visit our Palm City Ranch at 4841 SW
rehabilitating, and re-homing Zarrella Street or our new Jupiter Adoption Center at 100
the homeless animals in our Capital Street in the Jupiter Commerce Park. PLEASE
community for more than 30 years. Our not for profit CALL 561-747-5311 PRIOR TO VISITING EITHER Weenie is a seriously Mimi, at 11 years old, has been in
501c3 organization consists of our Jupiter based adoption LOCATION DUE TO COVID-19. handsome 1 year old and out of our shelter for most of her
life and at no fault of her own. She
seeking his forever family.
center, veterinary clinic (open to the public), thrift store, Blessings to you for your support and faith in us… all He loves attention, laps and is an obedient and sweet girl who
and Palm City Ranch. for the LOVE of animals! other cats. Please call 561- likes being the only fur-child in the
747-5311 ext. 2 to learn home. She’s house-trained, healthy
Patricia Deshong, President more about Weenie! and available as an adoption or long-
People and animals. The connections are real and often term foster. Let’s get Mimi into her
life-changing, as each can offer comfort, support and hope FOREVER home!
to the other. At Furry Friends, we live for and cultivate Ways to donate (tax ID #59-2111273):
these connections each and every day through dog and cat 1. Mail a check made payable to Furry Friends to 100 Capital
adoptions, expert veterinary care, and our special programs Street, Jupiter, FL 33458.
like Senior to Senior and Shelter to Service Dog™. 2. Visit www.furryfriendsadoption.org
One special connection we’d like to share with you is 3. Call us with your credit card information at 561.747.5311
that of Lucy and her family. Lucy was brought to Furry ext. 3
Friends more than a year ago from the Redlands, an area “Your donation creates the possibilities to make miracles
where pets are routinely dumped by their owners and left to happen for our Furry Friends”
fend for themselves. Mostly feral and extremely shy, Lucy
was accompanied by her 6 puppies, all of which were soon
adopted. We knew it would take months of rehabilitation for
Lucy and so our Adoption Manager kindly took her home
and worked with her. Lucy made tremendous progress in
our manager’s care, her self-confidence blossoming every
day.
Soon it was time for Lucy to meet a family that expressed
interest in her, mainly because they had adopted one of her
puppies and felt the two should be together. This family
agreed to foster Lucy, knowing that in her case, she would
need extra time to adjust to their home.
The son in the family suffers from medical-related
seizures. One night, the mother was awakened by Lucy on
her bed and pawing her. So uncharacteristic of Lucy, the
mother couldn’t imagine what was wrong until she went
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