Their Blood Runs Cold: Adventures with Reptiles and AmphibiansThe essays and stories assembled in this book are good reading and they contribute new insights into the ecology of a little known and much maligned group of animals. Each of the eleven chapters reveals the exciting as well as the endearing qualities of reptiles and amphibians, taking into account not only how they are in real life but how we perceive them. |
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Their Blood Runs Cold: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians Whit Gibbons No preview available - 1983 |
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