A leech who, having penetrated the shell of a turtle only to find that the creature has long been dead, deems it expedient to form a new attachment to a fresh turtle. — Ambrose Bierce 33 The snake moves, erasing its tracks with its tail. — Albanian Proverbs 60 A serpent is a s...
More robust than any other beginning field guides, this book includes selected photography and newly commissioned art and graphics to illustrate and identify each species from every angle. With logical organization and bulleted information, this pocket guide is useful in the field or as in-home refe...
This chapter focuses on the first half of mammalian evolution, beginning with divergence of the mammalian total clade from the ancestral amniote ∼310 million years ago and ending with the origin of crown Mammalia, ∼170 million years ago. By way of introduction, a brief historical review is...
Most modern genera belong to families that appeared at the beginning of the Miocene or in the Oligocene. Most snakes have no limbs and there is not even a trace of the pectoral girdle, but several genera retain vestiges of the pelvic girdle and posterior limbs. Recent evidence indicates that...
A quick demonstration of microevolution leading to macroevolutioncan be found in a series of mandibles from basal tetrapods through synapsids, mammals and humans. Clickherefor that page. The book,From the Beginning - The Story of Human Evolutionby David Peters (Wm. Morrow publisher) documents ...
Mack's Natural Reptile Food has complete solutions for your reptilian pets, beginning with pinkie mice, all the way to large rats so that you can get the perfect size for your pet as it grows. Frozen Rodents - Boxes Most snakes and many other pet reptiles are carnivores and need to feed...
Reptile Rumble is the third level in Donkey Kong Country and the third area in the Kongo Jungle. It is a straightforward cave level, with an beginning that is mostly flat and bumpy but later has many high ledges, some of which have abysses...
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Wildlife trade is a key driver of the biodiversity crisis. Unregulated, or under-regulated wildlife trade can lead to unsustainable exploitation of wild populations. International efforts to regulate wildlife mostly miss ‘lower-value’ species, such as
P. J. O’Rourke (1947–2022) was an author, journalist, and political satirist who wrote twenty-two books on subjects as diverse as politics and cars and etiquette and economics.Parliament of WhoresandGive War a Chanceboth reached #1 on theNew York Timesbestseller list. After beginning his ...