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Book Synopsis Behold the Black Caiman by : Lucas Bessire
Download or read book Behold the Black Caiman written by Lucas Bessire and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2004, one of the world’s last bands of voluntarily isolated nomads left behind their ancestral life in the dwindling thorn forests of northern Paraguay, fleeing ranchers’ bulldozers. Behold the Black Caiman is Lucas Bessire’s intimate chronicle of the journey of this small group of Ayoreo people, the terrifying new world they now face, and the precarious lives they are piecing together against the backdrop of soul-collecting missionaries, humanitarian NGOs, late liberal economic policies, and the highest deforestation rate in the world. Drawing on ten years of fieldwork, Bessire highlights the stark disconnect between the desperate conditions of Ayoreo life for those out of the forest and the well-funded global efforts to preserve those Ayoreo still living in it. By showing how this disconnect reverberates within Ayoreo bodies and minds, his reflexive account takes aim at the devastating consequences of our society’s continued obsession with the primitive and raises important questions about anthropology’s potent capacity to further or impede indigenous struggles for sovereignty. The result is a timely update to the classic literary ethnographies of South America, a sustained critique of the so-called ontological turn—one of anthropology’s hottest trends—and, above all, an urgent call for scholars and activists alike to rethink their notions of difference.
Download or read book Black Caiman written by Ellen Lawrence and published by Apex Predators of the Amazon R. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information about the black caiman, including physical characteristics, its everyday life, and its hunting abilities.
Book Synopsis Alligators and Crocodiles (New & Updated) by : Gail Gibbons
Download or read book Alligators and Crocodiles (New & Updated) written by Gail Gibbons and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know the difference between alligators and crocodiles...? Learn the latest facts about the world’s largest reptiles from beloved science writer for kids Gail Gibbons. This updated edition vetted by an expert introduces young readers to everything they would want to know about the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, alligators and crocodiles. With kid-friendly text and diagrams, Gibbons compares the two reptiles--their physical differences, what they eat, where they are found, how fast they swim, how they raise their young, and more. Kids will want to read this book again and again to learn all about these crocodilians that have been around for millions of years. A great read-aloud for the child who loves the reptile house at the zoo or nonfiction resource for older children. Includes extra facts about alligators and crocodiles in the back!
Book Synopsis Crocodiles by : John B. Thorbjarnarson
Download or read book Crocodiles written by John B. Thorbjarnarson and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1992 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Action Plan describes the conservation status of 23 species of the order Crocodylia found worldwide. The plan is arranged in three principal sections: an Introductory overview, Country accounts, and Species accounts. Each Country account describes the status of wild populations, and current management programmes. The Species accounts summarise the conservation status, principle threats, and existing management programmes and then describe the ecology and natural history of the species and set out recommended priority conservation projects.
Book Synopsis The Caiman by : María Eugenia Manrique
Download or read book The Caiman written by María Eugenia Manrique and published by Amazon Crossing Kids. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unforgettable story of a man and his alligator. When Faoro the clockmaker adopts a baby alligator, he has no idea that someday their story will travel far and wide. But the town of San Fernando de Apure would never forget this kind young man and his adoring alligator, who played with the neighborhood children, took part in Faoro's wedding, and, eventually, mourned his loss. Now their story is being shared with the world. In this delightful picture book first published in Venezuela, the author brings us back to her own childhood in Venezuela, as one of the children who used to visit this famous caiman, to tell the story of a man who loved animals and how his friendship with his alligator sparked a lasting legacy.
Download or read book Alligators written by Derek Zobel and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces alligators to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis International Wildlife Encyclopedia by : Maurice Burton
Download or read book International Wildlife Encyclopedia written by Maurice Burton and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2002 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This twenty-two volume set presents the appearance and behavior of thousands of species of animals along with species population and prospects for survival in a arranged alphabetically and easy-to-read format.
Book Synopsis Alligators Eat and Grow: Level 2 by : Bridget O’Brien
Download or read book Alligators Eat and Grow: Level 2 written by Bridget O’Brien and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With longer words and sentences, varied language patterns, and full-spread illustration-enhanced photographs, progressing readers learn about the American alligator's life cycle and eating habits. Children who are practicing common words and letter sounds will build confidence as they recognize familiar words and expand their vocabulary. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Magic Readers is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Book Synopsis Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians by : Gordon Grigg
Download or read book Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians written by Gordon Grigg and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biology and Evolution of Crocodylians is a comprehensive review of current knowledge about the world's largest and most famous living reptiles. Gordon Grigg's authoritative and accessible text and David Kirshner's stunning interpretive artwork and colour photographs combine expertly in this contemporary celebration of crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials. This book showcases the skills and capabilities that allow crocodylians to live how and where they do. It covers the biology and ecology of the extant species, conservation issues, crocodylian–human interaction and the evolutionary history of the group, and includes a vast amount of new information; 25 per cent of 1100 cited publications have appeared since 2007. Richly illustrated with more than 500 colour photographs and black and white illustrations, this book will be a benchmark reference work for crocodylian biologists, herpetologists and vertebrate biologists for years to come.
Book Synopsis Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice by : Mark J. Plotkin
Download or read book Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice written by Mark J. Plotkin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1994-08-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating account of a pioneering ethnobotanist’s travels in the Amazon—at once a gripping adventure story, a passionate argument for conservationism, and an investigation into the healing power of plants, by the author of The Amazon: What Everyone Needs to Know For thousands of years, healers have used plants to cure illness. Aspirin, the world's most widely used drug, is based on compounds originally extracted from the bark of a willow tree, and more than a quarter of medicines found on pharmacy shelves contain plant compounds. Now Western medicine, faced with health crises such as AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer, has begun to look to the healing plants used by indigenous peoples to develop powerful new medicines. Nowhere is the search more promising than in the Amazon, the world's largest tropical forest, home to a quarter of all botanical species on this planet—as well as hundreds of Indian tribes whose medicinal plants have never been studied by Western scientists. In Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, ethnobotanist Mark J. Plotkin recounts his travels and studies with some of the most powerful Amazonian shamans, who taught him the plant lore their tribes have spent thousands of years gleaning from the rain forest. For more than a decade, Dr. Plotkin raced against time to harvest and record new plants before the rain forests' fragile ecosystems succumb to overdevelopment—and before the Indians abandon their own culture and learning for the seductive appeal of Western material culture. Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice relates nine of the author's quests, taking the reader along on a wild odyssey as he participates in healing rituals; discovers the secret of curare, the lethal arrow poison that kills in minutes; tries the hallucinogenic snuff epena that enables the Indians to speak with their spirit world; and earns the respect and fellowship of the mysterious shamans as he proves that he shares both their endurance and their reverence for the rain forest.
Download or read book Deadly Reptiles written by Andrew Solway and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A crocodile lurks in a waterhole ready to grab an unwary drinker. A leatherback turtle cruises the ocean snapping up jellyfish. A chameleon on a tree branch flips out its tongue to catch a passing insect. These are all reptile hunters, and they hunt in different ways. But one thing they have in common is their scaly skin.
Book Synopsis Giant Otter vs. Caiman by : Kieran Downs
Download or read book Giant Otter vs. Caiman written by Kieran Downs and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Amazon Basin, many animals hunt fish for every meal. Sometimes, this shared diet leads to a battle! Giant otters are speedy predators, but are they a match for powerful caimans? This title dives into the strengths of each animal and their tactics to take down prey. Profiles for each animal highlight their size, habitat, and range, while other features showcase their speed and summarize their prized weapons. Who do you think will win this water war?
Book Synopsis National Geographic Readers: Alligators and Crocodiles by : Laura Marsh
Download or read book National Geographic Readers: Alligators and Crocodiles written by Laura Marsh and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pair of eyes lurks just above the water's surface. Is it a crocodile or an alligator? Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, kids will learn all about these two reptiles—and find out what makes them different. This level 2 reader provides both accessible and wide-ranging text to encourage the scientists and explorers of tomorrow!
Book Synopsis Crocodiles of the World by : Colin Stevenson
Download or read book Crocodiles of the World written by Colin Stevenson and published by Reed New Holland. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crocodiles come in a variety in size, shape, habits, and even habitats, from the infamous saltwater crocodiles that occasionally near 6 metres in length, to the diminutive 1.5 metre dwarf caimans from south america's tropics. This book explores all the facts and figures surrounding the ancestory of this intriguing family of reptilians, dispelling myths, and exploring their extensive evolution on the 230 million years that they have lived on this planet. With fantastic photography this book encapsulates the diversity of theses creatures. This book covers their evolutionary history, their biology and ecology and the diversity of the species.
Download or read book Running Out written by Lucas Bessire and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the National Book Award An intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartland The Ogallala aquifer has nourished life on the American Great Plains for millennia. But less than a century of unsustainable irrigation farming has taxed much of the aquifer beyond repair. The imminent depletion of the Ogallala and other aquifers around the world is a defining planetary crisis of our times. Running Out offers a uniquely personal account of aquifer depletion and the deeper layers through which it gains meaning and force. Anthropologist Lucas Bessire journeyed back to western Kansas, where five generations of his family lived as irrigation farmers and ranchers, to try to make sense of this vital resource and its loss. His search for water across the drying High Plains brings the reader face to face with the stark realities of industrial agriculture, eroding democratic norms, and surreal interpretations of a looming disaster. Yet the destination is far from predictable, as the book seeks to move beyond the words and genres through which destruction is often known. Instead, this journey into the morass of eradication offers a series of unexpected discoveries about what it means to inherit the troubled legacies of the past and how we can take responsibility for a more inclusive, sustainable future. An urgent and unsettling meditation on environmental change, Running Out is a revelatory account of family, complicity, loss, and what it means to find your way back home.
Book Synopsis The World's Most Dangerous Animals SUBTITLE: by : Kevin Baker
Download or read book The World's Most Dangerous Animals SUBTITLE: written by Kevin Baker and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the most dangerous animals from around the world, from Indian red scorpions, giant centipedes and venomous spiders to bull sharks and Asian giant hornets. Animals that can all kill a human being in an unlucky encounter . . .
Book Synopsis The Ultimate Guide to Crocodilians in Captivity by : Christopher T. Dieter
Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to Crocodilians in Captivity written by Christopher T. Dieter and published by Crocodile Encounter. This book was released on 2000 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crocodilians are the largest and mose awe-inspiring reptiles available in the modern reptile trade.
