While it may be hard to study creatures in a dark cave, but these glowing critters make it easy! Including a glow in the dark crayfish, crab, spider, scorpion, catfish, millipede, olm, and eel, this collection of cave dwellers gives you luminescent insight into some common cave denizens.
Characteristics: Turn your room into a glowing grotto with these beautiful figurines. Vibrantly colored and professionally hand painted, these models capture the nature and essence of these creatures. The scorpion was spooked by something and is taking a defensive posture, while the spider has perked up, sensing prey in the area.
8 figurines of species that are commonly found in caves (although not usually quite so radiant) that range from 1.25 to 3.75 inches tall. Including the snow white Olm salamander with its cherry red sensory organs and the translucent icy blue crayfish, these figurines are just as fun to look at as they are to play with.
Stitched Plush Bast adorn the toes of these socks. Fits age range 6 month to 4 yerars. Slip-resistant treads on the soles. Soft cotton blend, Comfortable and durable 80% Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Spandex Machine washable (cold recommended)
Made with 2mm stainless steel, this "wearable art" jewelry is versatile, durable, and nearly maintenance-free. Stainless steel pendant measures about 0.75-inches wide, with a 16+2-inch stainless steel necklace and clasp. Handmade in the USA.
Based on the art from our popular bats jigsaw puzzle: Fiona Reid's original art of 89 different bats. 5X7 note cards, blank inside. With envelope. Fiona Reid's interest in wild mammals started at about age four, when she found a den of foxes near her home in Oxfordshire, England. This interest blossomed into a love of all fauna and flora worldwide. Fiona has a BA degree in biology from Cambridge University and an MSc in Animal Behaviour from SUNY at Stony Brook, New York. She has written and/or illustrated more than a dozen books on mammals, including: A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico (Oxford University Press) and a Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America (Houghton-Mifflin). For these two books which she both authored and illustrated, she captured and drew from life almost all the bats and small rodents. She also illustrated The Golden Guide to Bats of the World, Bats of Papua New Guinea, and Mammals of the Neotropics (volumes 1-3), and she coauthored and partially illustrated Wildlife of Costa Rica. Fiona also co-authored and illustrated Bats of Trinidad and Tobago, published in 2016. Fiona has worked part-time as an eco-tourist guide for 31 years, leading trips to numerous destinations worldwide. She has co-led tours for Bat Conservation International and the Organization for Bat Conservation, taking groups to Trinidad and Tobago, Africa, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Madagascar to study bats and other mammals. She holds the distinction of having captured and painted from life more species of bats than any other person.
Rick Stanton MBE served for years as a firefighter, but it was his “hobby” of cave-diving that was his passion He has quietly spent forty years exploring caves around the world, steadily building his unique skill set as he defied limits, pushed boundaries, and discovered parts of the earth that had never been seen before. Along the way, he and his dive partners became the ones to call for the most challenging cave rescue and recovery missions. In 2018, he found himself on the world's stage when he led the team that rescued a children’s soccer team that was trapped inside Thailand's flooded Tham Luang cave. Rick needed to rely on all the experiences and friendships he'd gathered along the way, as he carefully planned and then successfully executed one of the most noteworthy rescue missions in modern history.
This book tells the enthralling inside story of the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand--told by the leader of the daring underwater rescue mission.
In July 2018, twelve boys and their soccer coach disappeared into the Tham Luang Cave in Thailand.
Trapped miles beneath the surface, not even the Thai Navy SEALs had the skills to bring them to safety. With the floodwater rising rapidly, time was running out.
Any hope of survival rested on Rick Stanton, a retired British firefighter with a living room full of homemade cave-diving equipment. As unlikely as it seemed, Rick and his partner, John Volanthen, were regarded as the A-team for exactly this kind of mission.
The Thai Cave Rescue was the culmination of a lifelong obsession, requiring every ounce of skill and ingenuity accumulated by Rick over a four decade pursuit of the unknown.
While the world held its breath, Rick, John, and their assembled team raced against time in the face of near impossible odds. There was simply no precedent for what they were attempting to do. . . .
A 5"x7" notecard printed with a watercolor and graphite tricolored bat illustration. It is printed with archival inks on recycled linen notecards. The notecard is a soft white color with crosshatched texture. Each card comes with a 100% receycled brown bag envelope. It is packaged in a plant-based sleeve. Made in United States of America
This 5' garland is made up of original watercolor, gouache and pencil illustrations. It features five North American bats. Each bat measures about 6" wide and is printed on 100% recycled linen paper, and strung on eco friendly hemp cord. Made in United States of America.
A 5x7" notecard printed with a watercolor and graphite tricolored bat illustration. It is printed with archival inks on recycled linen notecards. The notecard is a soft white color with crosshatched texture. Each card comes with a 100% receycled brown bag envelope. It is packaged in a plant-based sleeve. Made in United States of America
Foreword by Robert & Johanna Titus, trade paper, 6 x 9, 344 pages, 87 illustrations. Author Dana Cudmore grew up in the middle of New York State's "Cave Country"--home to an astonishing 150+ caves including world-famous Howe Caverns and Secret Caverns. This book explores the wonder and drama in the history of the caves and describes the remarkable personal and engineering accomplishments that turned some into popular tourist destinations. It is an intriguing, surprising, sometimes humorous and very human look back at nearly 200 years of adventure in New York's most famous caves and the explorers and entrepreneurs whose courage and vision have made the caves a part of the lives of millions of visitors from around the world. Cudmore and friends explored many of the area's caves, including some of the spectacular ones that are not public and less well-known, such as Ball's, Schoharie Caverns, Selleck's, and Knox Cave. Still not rediscovered, however, is Lester Howe's legendary Garden of Eden Cave, which Howe claimed was "bigger and better" than the famous cave he discovered and opened to the public in 1842. The search continues.
Hand-in-hand with the story of the caves is the story of the stone and cement quarry that was also built on the region's unique geology, and the history of the feisty, hardscrabble community that grew up around the original Howes Cave entrance and the quarry.
Previously undocumented details taken from years of accumulated research have formed this compelling history, including such exciting recent developments as the sale of Howe Caverns and its rebirth as an adventure destination (Naked Cave Tour, anyone?), the reopening of the Howes Cave quarry, and the creation of a new, first-of-its-kind, museum dedicated to these underground empires.
"Cudmore has written a book not solely about the caves' history, but about all the history attached to the caves--the multitude of personalities and the cultural and economic tides that have swept across the Leatherstocking Country and its greatest natural wonders. ... Underground Empires is a rise, fall, rise, fall, and rise again story filled with colorful characters, high adventure, a little romance even, and some tantalizing mysteries." -- From the foreword by Robert and Johanna Titus
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dana Cudmore of Cobleskill is a retired communications professional who worked as a newspaper reporter and editor as well as a public relations director in the New York State university system. After running his own agency, Media Services, for a dozen years, he worked as an external affairs officer for a federal disaster response agency before retiring. Among other distinctions, he was a member of the original board of directors of the Cave House Museum of Mining and Geology, created in Howes Cave in 2003. Cudmore put himself through college working summers at Howe Caverns, where he developed an interest in its history and folklore. As a young man he explored many of the region's other, undeveloped caves, as well as caves in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. He writes of his first experiences as a young Howe Caverns tour guide: The 52? "other world" of the cave offered a bit of thrill, and I was fascinated by its mysterious dark passages--some unseen and unavailable to the public. I wanted to explore and to know all I could. Cudmore's fascination with caves and Schoharie County's Cave Country eventually led to his first book, The Remarkable Howe Caverns Story (1990), which was followed by Unearthing Howes Cave: A Community and a Quarry from 1842 On (2005).
Adorable, gender neutral hat makes a cute gift for newborns. Handmade in Madison, WI, from organic cotton fabric that is printed in the USA with non-toxic, baby-safe inks. for 0-3 months
30 X 30 receiving blanket features our "Benevolent Bats" print design. Handmade in Madison, WI, from organic cotton fabric that is printed in the USA with non-toxic, baby-safe inks.
Organic cotton burp cloth features our "Benevolent Bats" print design. This cheerful burp cloth will delight your little one. Featuring a smart contoured design that hugs your neck and provides more coverage in the front and back. Handmade in Madison, WI, from organic cotton fabric that is printed in the USA with non-toxic, baby-safe inks.
A2 card with short synopsis of animal natural history, blank on the inside, 100% recycled paper/kraft envelope, in plant -based compostable clear sleeve.
Foreword by Robert & Johanna Titus, trade paper, 6 x 9, 344 pages, 87 illustrations. Author Dana Cudmore grew up in the middle of New York State's "Cave Country"--home to an astonishing 150+ caves including world-famous Howe Caverns and Secret Caverns. This book explores the wonder and drama in the history of the caves and describes the remarkable personal and engineering accomplishments that turned some into popular tourist destinations. It is an intriguing, surprising, sometimes humorous and very human look back at nearly 200 years of adventure in New York's most famous caves and the explorers and entrepreneurs whose courage and vision have made the caves a part of the lives of millions of visitors from around the world. Cudmore and friends explored many of the area's caves, including some of the spectacular ones that are not public and less well-known, such as Ball's, Schoharie Caverns, Selleck's, and Knox Cave. Still not rediscovered, however, is Lester Howe's legendary Garden of Eden Cave, which Howe claimed was "bigger and better" than the famous cave he discovered and opened to the public in 1842. The search continues.
Hand-in-hand with the story of the caves is the story of the stone and cement quarry that was also built on the region's unique geology, and the history of the feisty, hardscrabble community that grew up around the original Howes Cave entrance and the quarry.
Previously undocumented details taken from years of accumulated research have formed this compelling history, including such exciting recent developments as the sale of Howe Caverns and its rebirth as an adventure destination (Naked Cave Tour, anyone?), the reopening of the Howes Cave quarry, and the creation of a new, first-of-its-kind, museum dedicated to these underground empires.
"Cudmore has written a book not solely about the caves' history, but about all the history attached to the caves--the multitude of personalities and the cultural and economic tides that have swept across the Leatherstocking Country and its greatest natural wonders. ... Underground Empires is a rise, fall, rise, fall, and rise again story filled with colorful characters, high adventure, a little romance even, and some tantalizing mysteries." -- From the foreword by Robert and Johanna Titus
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dana Cudmore of Cobleskill is a retired communications professional who worked as a newspaper reporter and editor as well as a public relations director in the New York State university system. After running his own agency, Media Services, for a dozen years, he worked as an external affairs officer for a federal disaster response agency before retiring. Among other distinctions, he was a member of the original board of directors of the Cave House Museum of Mining and Geology, created in Howes Cave in 2003. Cudmore put himself through college working summers at Howe Caverns, where he developed an interest in its history and folklore. As a young man he explored many of the region's other, undeveloped caves, as well as caves in Missouri, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. He writes of his first experiences as a young Howe Caverns tour guide: The 52? "other world" of the cave offered a bit of thrill, and I was fascinated by its mysterious dark passages--some unseen and unavailable to the public. I wanted to explore and to know all I could. Cudmore's fascination with caves and Schoharie County's Cave Country eventually led to his first book, The Remarkable Howe Caverns Story (1990), which was followed by Unearthing Howes Cave: A Community and a Quarry from 1842 On (2005).
BULLETIN 27 The Saltpeter Caves of West Virginia by George Dasher, Ray Garton & Mary Ellen Garton; March 2021, 300 pages, 62 caves, 78 maps, 91 photos,10 appendices. Color.
BULLETIN 26 The Caves and Karst of Pendleton County Volume Two: Germany Valley, April 2021 by George R. Dasher, 328, pages, 321 caves, 122 maps, 104 photos. Color.
Our own custom sock. A quilt themed bat sock is very appropriate for us! Available in medium which is a US women's size 6-11 US men's 5-10 and UK Women's or Men's 4-9. EU size 37-43.
Based on the art from our popular bats jigsaw puzzle: Fiona Reid's original art of 89 different bats. 5X7 note cards, blank inside. With envelope. Fiona Reid's interest in wild mammals started at about age four, when she found a den of foxes near her home in Oxfordshire, England. This interest blossomed into a love of all fauna and flora worldwide. Fiona has a BA degree in biology from Cambridge University and an MSc in Animal Behaviour from SUNY at Stony Brook, New York. She has written and/or illustrated more than a dozen books on mammals, including: A field guide to the mammals of Central America and southeast Mexico (Oxford University Press) and a Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America (Houghton-Mifflin). For these two books which she both authored and illustrated, she captured and drew from life almost all the bats and small rodents. She also illustrated The Golden Guide to Bats of the World, Bats of Papua New Guinea, and Mammals of the Neotropics (volumes 1-3), and she coauthored and partially illustrated Wildlife of Costa Rica. Fiona also co-authored and illustrated Bats of Trinidad and Tobago, published in 2016. Fiona has worked part-time as an eco-tourist guide for 31 years, leading trips to numerous destinations worldwide. She has co-led tours for Bat Conservation International and the Organization for Bat Conservation, taking groups to Trinidad and Tobago, Africa, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Madagascar to study bats and other mammals. She holds the distinction of having captured and painted from life more species of bats than any other person.
Call on your bat-like senses when you wear these sterling silver tiny bat post earrings. If you have an affinity with bats, these demure bat studs are just the thing to express your admiration for these night-loving cave dwellers. Order the "Detailed" (6x10mm) style or the "Flat"(5 x 8m) style. Can't Decide? Order both styles together and save a few dollars.
Quality vinyl material and uniquely designed. Includes 26" maximum detachable strap drop. Top zippered closure with 1 exterior slip pocket. Fabric lined interior. Size: 8" x 1.5" x 7.5".
Available styles: Little Brown Bat, Ghost Bat, Fruit Bat, Desert Long Eared Bat, Honduran White Bat, Spotted Bat, and Northern Ghost Bat. Styles range is size from 1 inch to 1 1/4 inches. Hard enamel pin withs metal clip backs. Each comes attached to a "Sky Puppies" backing board with name of bat. Each style is a unique combination of realism with a small artistic detail highlighting a special characteristic for the bat. The back of each card has interesting and unusual facts about the featured bat.
68 pp, many maps & surveys; Berlin 2021. By Michael Laumanns et al. This volume covers a gap, as there was no publication so far on the caves of Taiwan. Describes over 190 cave sites, most of which are not documented according to international speleological standards. This volume resulted from an international caving expedition to Taiwan in 2020, which mapped 2,3 km of passages from 48 caves. In English language.
Autographed by author Roland Vinyard. 273 pages, paperback. 2020. We all knew Pete Hauer. With a foot solidly planted in two unique communities, cave explorers and hippie homesteaders, he was a gentle Pacifist, yet he supposedly murdered a young man he barely knew, an unpremeditated killing, with no discernible motive. In his informal will, he admitted to it. This solved the case for the police, but for everyone else, as many doors were opened as closed. Before Pete's remains were found, the case involved witches, drugs, caves, and homosexuality-and the FBI's search had spread across the US. That was in 1975; weird things started to happen as strange people, witches, moved into this quiet rural West Virginia county. Pete's livestock were brutally slaughtered. Emotions skyrocketed. As we tried to make sense of the events, pet theories formed, each with drawbacks, and we still wrangle over "What really happened?"
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