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Ebook Eyewitness guide desert helps you see thestunning sand dunes of the Namib Desert, a Bedouin in full wedding dress, the desert in bloom, a jewel wasp, and a camel's regalia. Learn how sand dunes form, how a few honeypot ants store food for a whole nest in their own bodies, and howa mummy is preserved in sand. Discover why a Tuareg woman never uncovers her face, what makes a dromedary different from a Bactrian camel, the mystery of Timbuktu, and why some desert animals have big ears, and much, much more! | EYEWITNESS o GUIDES DESERT Desert rose Czbeki camel drape puts Uzbcki children s mobile Jordanian Bedouin 1-anner falcon I uarcg cross Tewa Indian boy s rattle decorated with hummingbird tracks unW Tadpole shrimp EYEWITNESS o GUIDES Written by MIRANDA MACQUITTY Photographed by ALAN HILLS AND FRANK GREENAWAY DORLING KINDERSLEY London New York Stuttgart Tuareg dagger Calabash A DORLING KINDERSLLY BOOK Bedouin daggers ISBN 0 7513 6023 6 carrying water and ÍIMKÌ Red spitting cobra 1 lopi Kachina doll Aboriginal knife Bedouin nun and woman from Jordan Colour reproduction by Colourscan Singapore Printed in Singapore by Toppan X CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. First published in Great Britain in 1994 by Purling Kinders ley Limited. 9 Henrietta Street. iBP London WC2E 8PS Reprinted 1997 Copyright 1994 Dorling Kindcrslcy Limited London Visit US on the World Wide Web at http w w w.d k.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. This Eyewitness Guide has been conceived by Dorling Kindendey Limited and Editions Gallimard Project editor Caroline Beattie Art editor Jill Plank Managing editor Simon Adams Managing art editor Julia Harris Researcher Celine Carez Picture research Cynthia 1 lule Production Catherine Semark Additional photography Andy Crawford Editorial consultant Professor John Cloudsley-Thompsui a3 - Contents 6 What is a desert 8 What is a desert made of 10 Camel regalia 42 Rocky deserts Domesticated animals 12 Seas of sand 44 Somewhere to live . 14 Water in the desert 46 Food and drink 16 After the rains 18 How plants survive in the desert 22 Insects 26 Reptiles -30 Birds 32 Mammals 36 1 Adapting to desert life 38 Ship of the desert 48 Men s costume 52 Women s costume 54 Desert brides 56 Jewellery 58 Spinning
