7th June - Never mind the Buzzards here's the Really Wild Life
| Published: 31st May 2008 15:35 |
Chris Packham
Saturday 7 June at 7.30pm
Tickets: £15, £12, £10, £8 (students), £6 (16 and under)
Box Office: 01543 412121
Online: www.lichfieldgarrick.com
50 things you didn't know about wildlife, were too afraid to ask, and probably wished you'd never learned.
Chris Packham Why do lizards sneeze? Why do Glow-worms glow? Why were dinosaurs so big? What is a Mollymawk? Did you know there is only one truly blue bird? Could you guess the oldest living things on earth are still thriving just around your corner?
This lively, informative and entertaining illustrated talk is a romp through some of the most peculiar, amazing, disgusting or confounding aspects of the world's wildlife.
Using his own superb photographs, Chris Packham relates his encounters with weird and wonderful creatures, tells tales of their strange lives, and regales young and old alike.
But it's not all nonsense, for behind nature's bizarre there is always a good sound gem of biological reason and Chris uses his exceptional skills as a populariser of science to enjoyably explain why badgers are so sparing with their poo and why it makes good sense for some birds to eat snot.
Birds, mammals, insects, reptiles and plants are all examined and explained with Chris's usual pragmatic attitude and dressed down to earth with his irreverent humour.
A family orientated event to suit all with a curiosity toward
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