Snakes Without Borders: A Collection of Amazing Stories from One of the World's Leading Herpetologists, Who Spent 50 Years Conducting Research on Snakes - Softcover

Snakes Without Borders : A collection of amazing stories from one of the world's leading herpetologists, who spent 50 years conducting research on snakes

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'My name is Rick, and I'm a snake-a-holic.' This book is a collection ofamazing stories from one of the world's leading herpetologists, Rick Shinewho has spent 50 years conducting research on snakes of many differentkinds, in many different places around the world, from his home inAustralia, through Asia and Europe, to North America and beyond. There'ssomething special about snakes; they are scarce and secretive and a bitemay land you in the cemetery. Something unearthly and mysterious about acreature than can glide across the ground with no obvious means ofpropulsion. That never blinks its eyes. That can capture, kill and swallowprey items larger than itself. That can dispense death with a few drops ofvenom. That can slough away its tattered old skin to emerge resplendent andiridescent. A creature that appears magically in front of you when youleast expect it, triggering a unique alarm pathway in your brain. The bookoffers an entertaining and thought-provoking journey through the remarkablediversity of snake lifestyles around the world. It is written from apersonal perspective, although the main players are snakes, and with minorroles for a motley assortment of colleagues and students who accompaniedthe author on his travels. It is packed with first-hand accounts of theexcitements of fieldwork in remote areas with dangerous animals and isintended to be accessible to anybody with an interest in the subject. Artikel-Nr. 9781921073700

Verkäufer kontaktieren