突破視野與想像，由鳥、鱟與人類共同建構的生物自然史失落與韌性、堅強與勇氣 鼓舞人心的故事★美國國家科學院最佳圖書(Best Book, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)★環境記者協會瑞秋卡森圖書獎(Rachel Carson Environment Book Award)★里德環境寫作獎(Winner of the Reed Environmental Writing Award)★麻州圖書獎指定必讀“瑞秋‧卡森(Rachel Carson)《寂靜的春天》之後的繼承者與遺產代表”――環境記者協會瑞秋卡森圖書獎評論◎飛翔數千英里的濱鳥和在海洋活了4億多年的鱟，牠們之間有著什麼令人稱奇的交集？◎體重僅140克左右的紅腹濱鷸，每年貫穿子午線長途飛行，能量從何而來？◎鱟以神奇的藍色血液保護了全人類健康？Covid疫苗也受惠於鱟？◎首探全球生物科技、藥品與醫療器械市場◎親歷第一線科學家與保育志工們的動人故事一部錯綜複雜、視野罕見的生物自然史。迷你的紅腹濱鷸如一只咖啡杯，每年會從地球極南的火地島飛到北極再返回，完成奇蹟般的3萬公里旅程。這場數百萬濱鳥的大遷徙需要的巨大能量，竟是來自一種已存活4億多萬年的古鱟。濱鳥與鱟令人稱奇的交集揭示了地球生物史的重要一環，連結起過去到未來，更與人類的健康福祉緊密相關。本書作者跟著鳥的飛行路徑與停棲之地，描繪鳥、鱟、人類這三個物種建構起的生態系如何交織纏繞；以及鱟和鳥正面臨巨大的生存危機，數量急劇下降。紅腹濱鷸是在1千多萬年前形成的物種，上一個冰河期演化出今天已知的六個不同支系，巨型動物滅絕後，紅腹濱鷸卻生存了下來。在歷史的某個時刻，紅腹濱鷸和另一種古老動物相遇了――鱟。鱟是地球歷史上五次生物大滅絕的倖存者，牠們曾在炎熱、酸性、富含二氧化碳的海洋中生活過，也曾在小行星撞地球時倖免於難。這種古老生物非常奇特，牠們的藍色血液是一種優異的細菌汙染測試劑，全球生技公司紛紛利用此生產鱟試劑，運用於疫苗以及各種藥物與器械。鱟有十隻眼睛，荷馬史詩中的獨眼巨人就是美洲鱟的學名，凱弗‧哈特賴(H.Keffer Hartline)曾以鱟進行視覺神經生理研究得到諾貝爾獎。人類出現後，鳥類和鱟的命運改變了。問題雖然層出不窮，我們仍看到許多了不起的人們，包括科學家、農民、原住民、獵人、郵
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