Dylan here. I am here to tell you about something that I am crazy excited about.

Atlas Obscura has a new book coming out.

It's called Atlas Obscura Wildlife. and you know it's tempting when you think of wildlife to think of like

Eagles soaring and bears catching fish which is all lovely but also kind of wrong, because nature is not some perfect postcard.

Nature is weird, it is uncanny, it is bizarre, and it is all around you. And Alice of Scare Wildlife aims to be your guide through this alien world.

Did you know that hippos sweat this red goo called blood sweat? That's right, blood sweat.

Except it's not blood and it's not sweat. It's acid. And also their sunscreen sunscreen or what about this fuzzy little caterpillar

that crawls around and then sheds its head it's its head case it leaves behind old heads except it doesn't it actually stacks them up on top of its new head and

Wears them like a series of little hats

This is the natural world.

It is truly like going to another planet

when you actually look at nature deeply.

And Atlas Obscura wants to help you look deeply.

If you have liked either of our previous books, in all seriousness,

I think this may be the best one we've ever made.

I'll put a link to pre-order in the

show notes. I beg of you, please go pre-order a copy. It really helps the book

succeed. It tells indie bookstores that it's worth stocking. And finally if you pre-order now and fill out a

little form we will send you an exclusive wildlife luggage tag. It's

it's cool it's got this wicked-looking little chameleon on it. It's well made.

Tels everyone at the airport that you go to the coolest places.

So please go pre-order Atlas Obscuro wildlife today. Get a tour of the alien landscape that you actually live in.

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