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Year with the Seals
Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea's Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures
By Alix Morris
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<p><b>FOREWORD BY SY MONTGOMERY</b><br><b><br>'A tantalising glimpse of nature's capacity to heal' - <i>The Times</i></b><br><b>'Eye-opening</b><i><b>' - Daily Mail</b><br></i><br>With their large, strangely human eyes or their dog-like playfulness, but seals have long captured people's interest and affection. Alix Morris spends a year with these magnetic creatures and brings them to life, season by season, as she learns about their intelligence, their relationships with each other, their ecosystems, and the changing climate.<br><br>Along with the seals themselves, Morris explores the competing interests in the debate about newly recovered seal populations in our coastal waters: from local fisherman whose catch is often diminished by savvy seals, to tribes who once relied on seal-hunting for food, clothing, and medicine, this is a rare look at what happens when conservation efforts actually work, and how human tampering with ecosystems continues to have unexpected consequences.</p>
<p><b>FOREWORD BY SY MONTGOMERY</b><br><b><br>'A tantalising glimpse of nature's capacity to heal' - <i>The Times</i></b><br><b>'Eye-opening</b><i><b>' - Daily Mail</b><br></i><br>With their large, strangely human eyes or their dog-like playfulness, but seals have long captured people's interest and affection. Alix Morris spends a year with these magnetic creatures and brings them to life, season by season, as she learns about their intelligence, their relationships with each other, their ecosystems, and the changing climate.<br><br>Along with the seals themselves, Morris explores the competing interests in the debate about newly recovered seal populations in our coastal waters: from local fisherman whose catch is often diminished by savvy seals, to tribes who once relied on seal-hunting for food, clothing, and medicine, this is a rare look at what happens when conservation efforts actually work, and how human tampering with ecosystems continues to have unexpected consequences.</p>