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Snakes Without Borders
A Collection of Amazing Stories from One of the World's Leading Herpetologists, Who Spent 50 Years Conducting Research on Snakes
Rick Shine
(2025)
Sprog: Engelsk
New Holland Publishers Pty, Limited
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- Paperback: 320 sider
- Udgiver: New Holland Publishers Pty, Limited (Januar 2025)
- ISBN: 9781921073700
" My name is Rick, and I' m a snake-a-holic." This book is a collection of amazing stories from one of the world' s leading herpetologists, Rick Shine, who has spent 50 years conducting research on snakes of many different kinds, in many different places around the world, from his home in Australia, through Asia and Europe, to North America and beyond.There' s something special about snakes; they are scarce and secretive and a bite may land you in the cemetery. Something unearthly and mysterious about a creature than can glide across the ground with no obvious means of propulsion. That never blinks its eyes. That can capture, kill and swallow prey items larger than itself. That can dispense death with a few drops of venom. That can slough away its tattered old skin to emerge resplendent and iridescent. A creature that appears magically in front of you when you least expect it, triggering a unique alarm pathway in your brain.The book offers an entertaining and thought-provoking journey through the remarkable diversity of snake lifestyles around the world. It is written from a personal perspective,
Foreword 7Chapter 1 A devilishly difficult study organism 9Chapter 2 Looking inside pythons: science in the slaughterhouse 17Chapter 3 Radio-tracking vipers: adders in the land of Abba 57Chapter 4 Paradise for pit-vipers: the scariest snakepit 85Chapter 5 A tsunami of gartersnakes: serpents galore in Canada 129Chapter 6 Conversing with snakes: when biology meets chemistry 163Chapter 7 Oceans and islands: a snake in two worlds 191Chapter 8 Taking the plunge: a sea snake for beginners 245Chapter 9 Amiable monsters in an underwater Garden of Eden 273Chapter 10 International snake research in the rear-view mirror 297Bibliography 306Index 316
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