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'A Most Remarkable Creature' Introduces The Little-Known, Charismatic Caracara

Through Jonathan Meiburg's inquiring lens, readers will find themselves with a new favorite animal — a bird of prey aptly described as "one of the strangest and most wonderful animals on Earth."
<em>A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey,</em> by Jonathan Meiburg

A handful of animals are so woven into the fabric of human existence that they are part of how we think about ourselves.

With these dogs, chickens and giant pandas, we are caretakers, companions, trainers, consumers, oppressors and rescuers.

Rarely, though, do we admit that with some animals, we are students.

In his elegant debut , author Jonathan Meiburg writes: "Unless you live south of the Rio Grande, chances are you've never even heard of caracaras." His book introduces readers to this South American bird of prey,

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