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Snakes are a tougher subject than toads because they have been symbols for just about everything in human history. In the Bible, "the snake is the midwife to the birth of the human condition", as Kerridge puts it — leading us into temptation. According to Edward O Wilson , the founder of evolutionary psychology and a great snake-lover, snakes appear in dreams more frequently than any other animal. Experiments by Roger Ulrich found that people repeatedly shown images of snakes and spiders alongside modern dangers such as handguns and frayed wires soon became relaxed about contemporary hazards but never lost their horror of a snake.
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Primeval fears combine with our tendency to project human impulses on to animals and so we view snakes as not merely physiologically cold blooded but as calculating and without pity: Most snakes are ambush predators, waiting, choosing their moment to strike but Kerridge explains that they don't "choose" at all; it just looks that way to us. We would be wiser to regard the adder as "exquisitely alive to its environment in ways our senses cannot register". For all the damage our fears inflict on snakes, to renounce anthropomorphism would be "to separate the natural world from the world of human meaning," says Kerridge, who thinks it is "rooted in our earliest learning of how to make sense of the world, how to live there".
Kerridge's love of reptiles and amphibians helped him to escape the strictures of his father and to make sense of the world. When the paternal relationship takes an unexpected, nasty turn, suddenly the fate of toads on the road and the lethally fast reactions of snakes seem to relate directly to him.
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Continue on UK site. List Grid Sort by: Hand-picked favourites Hand-picked favourites Price: Books In stock isbn In this brilliantly informative new title, compiled by expert Chris Mattison, readers will find instant, impartial advice about over varieties of reptile and amphibian, including salamanders and newts, frogs and toads, tortoises and turtles, lizards, and snakes.
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Each entry includes a profile detailing the origin in temperament of the animal, plus question-and answer advice on how much time the owner will have to devote to it, what special equipment or housing set-up will be needed, what its care needs are, what it eats, how easily it will breed and an assessment of any possible drawbacks to round off the balance sheet. The book is lavishly illustrated with more than colour pictures, most of them photographed in fascinating close-up detail in studio conditions, this invaluable 'buyer's guide' provides prospective new reptile keepers with easy-to-digest essential information on how to care for a wide range of exotic reptiles and amphibians.
Every entry includes a price guide revealing what you can expect to pay for each animal, and the related set-up and running costs. Book info Add to basket. Amazing Snakes Hardback Barbara Taylor. This is an exciting insight into the weird and wonderful world of snakes and how they live, with pictures.
It offers in-depth coverage of all aspects of how snakes live and behave - from teeth and venom to hunting and feeding. It has focus features that zoom in on particular aspects of the species, such as how a snake sheds its skin, constricts its prey, swallows its food, or hatches out from an egg. Myth boxes explore popular stories and legends about snakes from around the world. Spotlights provide quirky facts that will both amaze and amuse. Stunning images from renowned wildlife photographers complement intricate illustrations.
This is a book that will delight and inform 8- to year-olds, ideal for home or school use. Snakes are often hated, sometimes loved, but rarely understood. This sssssssuper book investigates these shy but remarkable reptiles, exploring their anatomy, instincts and survival skills. You can discover the secrets of the deadly poisoners and stranglers. Introduction to Canadian amphibians and reptiles. Marc - Kudray, Gregory M. Slevin Galapagos expedition journal and collecting notebooks,. The larva of the frog leptodactylus hylaedactylus Leptodactylidae.
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Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph, - Vienna Austria. A new frog of the genus Kassina from Northern Rhodesia. A new species of lungless salamander. New species of lungless salamanders of the genus Pseudoeurycea Amphibia: A new species of toad Bufo from Sierra Leone. A new toad from western China,. Nomenclator reptilium et amphibiorum musei zoologici Berolinensis: Holbrook, John Edwards, - Cichowski, S.
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The reptiles of British India. Reptiles, amphibia, fishes and lower chordata,. Arthur John Arthur ,. Reptiles, batraciens; avec 55 figures dans le texte. Johann Ludwig Christian ,. Die Reptilien und Amphibien mitteleuropas. Die Reptilien und Amphibien von Marocco. Researches on the Amphibia of Oklahoma,. Riflessioni sopra il sistema linfatico dei rettili: Bartolomeo Panizza ha contro di lui. Hartwig , - Decken, Karl Klaus von der, freiherr,.
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