Introduction

Ken Jennings and John Roderick speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past. Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. You have access to entry 1069.jb3910. Certificate number 27983. Rhinos in Europe. And it seems to be a theme of omnibus that it shares its bounty of animal life as well with the world.