Tears for Crocodilia
Tears for Crocodilia: Evolution, Ecology, and the Disappearance of One of the World’s Most Ancient Animals
by Zach Fitzner
In Tears for Crocodilia: Evolution, Ecology, and the Disappearance of One of the World’s Most Ancient Animals, Fitzner tracks the evolution of crocodilians from prehistoric predators to modern endangered wildlife, using his own experiences with these reptiles as a lens to understanding wildlife conservation and our relationship with the natural world.
As the story follows crocodilians, it also illuminates their often complicated relationship with humans, from crocodile cults in ancient Egypt to American alligators living on golf courses.
Fitzner also closely examines the dark side of this relationship, including habitat destruction and poaching as well as the mechanistic view of traditional conservation that turns these magnificent animals into agricultural products.
Tears for Crocodilia delves deeply into issues of wildlife conservation, ethics, and how we can coexist with other creatures. This couldn’t be more relevant in the modern era of environmental destruction, mass extinction and a hunger for humans to find a way to peaceably cohabitate with the wild again.
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Publilshed: May 20, 2022
Pages: 272 Pages
Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches Hardcover (also available in Kindle Book form)
About Author
Zach Fitzner was inspired to write about crocodilians from his own encounters with living animals in the wild as well as fossils he’s worked with.
He has been published in Mongabay, Alaska Magazine, Tasmanian Geographic, Prehistoric Times, Adventure Pro, The Desert Leaf and more, he regularly writes for earth.com. Zach previously contributed a chapter to In the Way of the Road edited by Richard T. Griffiths and Alice C. Hughes.
