Publisher's Synopsis
This volume provides a cartoon presentation of the facts of extinction - why does it happen? how can it be prevented? This book is the second in the series of natural history cartoon booklets which began with "Fish Facts".;"Escape from Extinction" covers natural and other extinctions from early fossil records to modern endangered species, and looks at the theories surrounding the disappearance of the dinosaurs, Ice Age extinctions, the dodo and many other examples. It ends by looking at remedies and successful re-introduction schemes.
