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Dangerous to man : the definitive story of wildlife's reputed dangers / Roger A. Caras.
- Title
- Dangerous to man : the definitive story of wildlife's reputed dangers / Roger A. Caras.
- Author
- Caras, Roger A.
- Publication
- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1975.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QL100 .C34 1975 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 422 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subject
- Dangerous animals
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 363-401.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Mammals : 1. Great cats -- 2. Wolves == 3. Bears -- 4. Leopard seal and the walrus -- 5. Killer whale -- 6. Elephants -- 7. Venomous mammals -- 8. Other mammals / Pt. II. Birds : 9. Birds- are any dangerous? / Pt. III. Reptiles : 10. Venomous lizards -- 11. Giant snakes -- 12. Venomous snakes: rattlers -- 13. Venomous snakes: other crotalids and the old world vipers -- 14. Venomous snakes: sea snakes, elapids, and poisonous colubrines 15. Snakes: how dangerous are they? -- 16. Crocodilians / Pt. IV. Amphibians and Fish : 17. Frogs, toads, and salamanders -- 18. Sharks -- 19. Skates and rays -- 20. Venomous fish -- 21. Some other fish / Pt. V. Invertebrates : 22. Insects -- 23. Spiders and scorpions -- 24. Venomous cones -- 25. Giant clam -- 26. Octopus and squid -- 27. Jellyfish / Pt. VI. Epilogue : 28. Other potential dangers / Pt. VII. Appendixes : A. Treatment of injuries caused by wild animals -- B. Rabies -- C. Rattlesnakes -- D. Reptile "hall of infamy" -- E. Snakebite case histories -- F. Ciguatera- "fish poisoning".
- ISBN
- 0030144418
- LCCN
- ^^^75005464^
- OCLC
- 1366083
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library