This volume pairs spectacular photos with easy-to-digest text. It is the first book on these creatures that combines a broad, worldwide sample with full-color, life-size accounts.
There are about 3,000 kinds of snakes. Here is information about the different functions of these cold-blooded animals' physical characteristics.
This volume pairs spectacular photos with easy-to-digest text. It is the first book on these creatures that combines a broad, worldwide sample with full-color, life-size accounts.
A guide to snakes and other reptiles describes how they move, find food, avoid predators, and take care of their young.
A linguist offers a thought-provoking account of his experiences and discoveries while living with the Pirahäa, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians living in central Brazil and a people possessing a language that defies accepted linguistic ...
A field guide to thirty species of snakes, salamanders, and lizards to introduce them in nature. Includes blank pages for drawings and notes.
This is the most accessible and informative guide to snakes of the eastern United States available anywhere.
A thrilling story of Africa, snakes and a dangerous mission, from the bestselling author of the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Most species of New World black - headed snakes ( Tantilla ) and of African centipede - eaters ( Aparallactus ) rapidly immobilize centipedes with venom and are immune to bites from their victims ( photo , p . 81 ) .
Snakes are admired by few, respected by some, disliked by many. nevertheless, Seymour Simon shows in stunningly clear words and pictures how snakes play an important role in the global balance of nature.