When the Frog Sleeps in the Tarantula's Burrow

When the Frog Sleeps in the Tarantula's Burrow and other surprising collaboration

 

Discover a dozen astonishing examples of mutual aid between species. It's an opportunity to understand that, for living beings, cooperation is the key to survival.

 

 

Did you know that tarantulas and frogs protect each other? that dolphins fish in partnership with birds? that bats have reached an agreement with a carnivorous plant so that it can stay there without being eaten?

 

 

Drongo and macaque

Hermit crab and anemone

Tarantula and frog

Frigate bird and dolphin

Bat and carnivorous plant

Plover and crocodile

Coyote and badger

Ant and umbrella tree

Pistol shrimp and goby

Greater honeyguide and human

 

... 10 suprising duos and more: the readers can use their imagination and try to guess how eight other species collaborate with the little game on the last spread.

 

 

THE AUTHOR

 

Emmanuelle Grundmann is a biologist, primatologist and wildlife reporter. Convinced of the need to protect biodiversity, she works to defend endangered species. She is the author of around fifty essays and documentaries on the animal world, and lives in Burgundy (France).

 

 

THE ILLUSTRATOR

 

A graduate of Arts déco in Paris, Oriane Lesaffre is also a product designer. She is passionate about ecology and the environment, she uses her colourful illustrations to help raise awareness and protect biodiversity. This is why she came knocking at the door of La cabane bleue with this project.