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This title helps you discover the astonishing world of chameleons, geckos, iguanas and more, with over 190 pictures. You can explore the extraordinary natural history of lizards. You can learn about their survival tactics in the wild, such as the toughened skin of the rough-scaled plated lizard and the bloodthirsty appetite of the Komodo dragon. You can see how some species regrow their tails after losing them to predators, while others change appearance to blend in with their surroundings. Mark O'Shea, a renowned reptile expert and adventurer, takes you on location with him around the world and gives tips on how to go lizard-watching yourself. It is packed with over 190 exciting images, many of them taken in the field by the author himself. It is ideal for home or school use by 8- to 12-year-olds. Find out why lizards are more numerous and successful than any other group of reptiles and trace their evolution - from dinosaurs, pterosaurs and ichthyosaurs to the rich diversity of species in existence today. On the way, you will witness some amazing tactics for survival, such as how lizards' bodies and watertight skins work so that they can live on minimal amounts of food and water. Meet the 'Jesus lizard' that walks on water, the glider that sails through the air from tree to tree, and the horned lizard of Texas that shoots blood from its eyes.
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Mark O'Shea is probably best known as the presenter of 36 adventurous natural history films, the best known being the four-seriesÆ of O'Shea's Big Adventure on Animal Planet and O'Shea's Dangerous Reptilesö on Channel 4. He is also the Consultant Curator of Reptiles at West Midland Safari Park, his base since 1987. Mark has written scientific papers and five books on reptiles, contributing chapters to several other volumes, and he also presents a series of lectures on the subject. In the course of over 50 expeditions and field studies worldwide, including Amazonian surveys for the Royal Geographical Society, snakebite research for Oxford University's Dept. of Clinical Medicine and as Biological Director of Raleigh Executive Expeditions, he has made considerable contributions to our understanding of reptiles and snakebite. Mark is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and ExplorersÆ Club of New York, a Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, and the past-President of the International Herpetological Society. In 2000 he joined astronaut Buzz Aldrin, polar explorer Ranulph Fiennes and mountaineer Chris Bonnington as a recipient of one of nine Millennium Awards for Service to Exploration from the British Chapter of the ExplorersÆ Club of New York. In 2001 he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Sciences from the University of Wolverhampton in recognition of his contributions to herpetology.
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