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Penny van Oosterzee
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The Wallace Line: Where Worlds Collide
by Penny van Oosterzee
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 62,970.
Language:
English.
Published: December 28, 2012
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Evolution
Why is it that the island of Bali is home to Asian birds such as the weaver bird, and the neighboring island of Lombok, just 24 kilometers away across a narrow strait, echoes to the screams of Australian cockatoos?
This extraordinary biological boundary is known today as The Wallace Line, a near-magical boundary that has deeply changed the way we view the world.