Big Cat Diary: Lion [Hardcover]

Jonathan Scott (Author), Angie Scott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2002 | Series: Big Cat Diary

A companion volume to the successful "Big Cat Diary" television series, which goes beyond the day-to-day footage and explores the bigger picture: history, biology, behaviour, conservation and how lions survive outside the Masai Mara. As well as a detailed examination of biology and behaviour, the book provides an historical perspective of the big cat families featured in the series. The book also looks outside the Masai Mara Game Reserve, to the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and the Ngorongoro Crater, and Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Finally there is the question of how to conserve our big cat populations. There could be as few as 15,000 lions left in Africa. How can we ensure they can maintain breeding populations, space to hunt and sufficient prey to survive?

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Praise for Big Cat Diary Lion: 'This book offers great insight into lions' lives: their everyday behaviour, their social organisation and their development from cub to adult' Geographical 'The king of beasts inspires a multitude of emotions!this book captures their magic and the day-to-day reality of their lives' Traveller Magazine Praise for Big Cat Diary Leopard: 'everything you'll ever need to know about the top of the spots' BBC Wildlife --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Book Description

Big Cat Diary is a television phenomenon. From its inception in 1996 it grew steadily in popularity, until it attracted audiences of up to seven million. In autumn 2008, in the BBC Natural History Unit’s most ambitious outside broadcast ever, it went live for the first time and recorded two million visitors to its website in the course of transmission.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK (November 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0007146663
• ISBN-13: 978-0007146666
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,153,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Big Cat Diary Book, December 17, 2007

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Rebecca C (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Cat Diary: Leopard (Paperback)

Being my favourite big cat doco, I had to buy the books to compliment Big Cat Diary.

I was not disappointed. The photos in this Leopard book are entirely unique and often include extremely rare images.

The writers/film makers have experienced some amazing things over their years of filming but most of it isn't covered in the TV series. This book goes into a lot more detail of the lives of certain Leopards and you really become attached to them by name (can be sad when you discover one has died).

Spectacular photos and highly engaging stories make this a winner.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stars of Big Cat Diaries, January 6, 2010

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This review is from: Stars of Big Cat Diary (Hardcover)

For those who, like me, are wondering what exactly is in this book that has no description and reviews for several different books, I'll give you a summary. Stars of Big Cat Diaries is a ten-year anniversary book, devoting a chapter to each year of production with beautiful photos and comparatively brief text summarizing the year's episodes and giving some background details that may not have made it into the show. Scattered throughout the book are also short sidebars on lion (or leopard, or cheetah) facts, bits on the cameramen or editors, and similar information. Although a bit sparser on text than I might have liked, the photography more than makes up for any lack.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, January 21, 2008

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Stephanie "Steph" (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cheetah (Big Cat Diary) (Paperback)

I love all the Jonathan Scott Big Cat Series Books. This is an excellent book for anyone who loves big cats. Plenty of info on habitat, biology, and great pictures!