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Rattlesnake : portrait of a predator
- Title
- Rattlesnake : portrait of a predator / Manny Rubio.
- Author
- Rubio, Manny.
- Publication
- Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 00-1533 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xxvii, 239 p. : col. ill.; 27 cm.
- Subject
- Rattlesnakes
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-235) and index.
- Contents
- Origins and characteristics of rattlesnakes -- How and where rattlesnakes live -- From head to tail: the rattlesnake's exterior -- The rattlesnakes's seven senses -- Feeding and inner workings -- Rattlesnake responses to weather -- Sex, reproduction, and growth -- How rattlesnakes move -- Fangs: the business end of a rattlesnake -- Rattlesnake roundups -- The real value of rattlesnakes -- Rattlesnakes in lore and religion -- Rattlesnakes as symbols: the good, the bad, and the ugly -- Ensuring rattlesnake survival.
- Call Number
- JFF 00-1533
- ISBN
- 1560988088 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 98022935
- OCLC
- 39085451
- Author
- Rubio, Manny.
- Title
- Rattlesnake : portrait of a predator / Manny Rubio.
- Imprint
- Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, c1998.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-235) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- JFF 00-1533