577: The Tapir’s Morning Bath by Elizabeth Royte

577.340972875: Royte, Elizabeth. The Tapir’s Morning Bath: Solving the Mysteries of the Tropical Rain Forest. Boston: Mariner, 2002. 323 pp. ISBN 0-618-25758-6.

Dewey Construction:

• 500: Mathematics and Science
• 570: Life Sciences
• 577: Ecology
• 577.3: Forest ecology
• 577.34: Rain forest ecology
• +0972875: Panama Canal

Every time the news media or a PSA talks about the environment and humankind’s ambivalence, the rain forest is used as an example. Untold thousands of acres of rain forest are destroyed each year and (the TV screen tells us) that has far-reaching effects on the planet. Elizabeth Royte’s The Tapir’s Morning Bath is a quest to find out what exactly the effects are.