It is an important and popular fact thatthings are not alwasys what they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, many had always asumed that he was mor intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - while all the dolphins had ever done was much about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons.
~ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas Adams (1979)
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Adams was not only the author of the Hitchhikers Guide the Galaxy and many other humorous science fictiony novels. He was also deeply interested in wildlife conservation. In the mid-1980s Adams and biologist Mark Carwardine traveled around the world to search for nearly extinct species, including the aye-aye in Madagascar, white rhinos in Zaire and the Yangtze River Dolphin in China. Those excursions were parlayed into a book,Last Chance to See
If you are in the UK, you can watch Fry and Carwardine discussing the original series and Douglas Adams' legacy here:
You can get the latest information about the series and related information on the unofficial Another Chance to See blog.
Image: Thumbs Up by kreg.steppe on Flickr.
Tags:Towel Day, Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See
Thanks for the links, I've heard about the towel day just 2 days ago and I wondered how it looked :)
ReplyDeleteAbout one other book - 'Last chance to see' is a brilliant book, goes in the same class as 'My family and other animals'.
Towel day....this is the first time I know....I am curious...thanks for your posting
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