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Book Synopsis Popular Tortoises by : Phillippe De Vosjoli
Download or read book Popular Tortoises written by Phillippe De Vosjoli and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tortoises are simply vegetable-eating turtles, and because of their easycare requirements they are among the most popular of all herps kept as pets. This colorful and informative guide proves the perfect introduction to these attractive reptiles. Author Philippe de Vosjoli provides guidelines for selecting and keeping the most popular tortoises, highlighting the leopard tortoise, African spurred tortoise, red-footed tortoise, Russian tortoise, and pancake tortoise. For each he provides insight into size, sexing, housing, temperature requirement, feeding, hibernation, breeding, and more. This Advanced Vivarium Systems title includes information about selecting a healthy example, quarantine and acclimation considerations, housing needs, water and feeding, as well as solid advice about keeping tortoises healthy. A separate chapter on diseases and disorders provides a complete primer on the health needs and veterinary care of these rewarding reptiles.
Book Synopsis Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins by : Ronald Isaac Orenstein
Download or read book Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins written by Ronald Isaac Orenstein and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the myriad of turtle anatomy, habitat, & life cycles throughout the ages. Project director of the International Wildlife Coalition, Orenstein presents a popular book about turtles, the term he uses for almost all marine, aquatic, and terrestrial species of the order Testudines. His own background is in ornithology rather than herpetology, but his work in wildlife conservation has made him aware of the plight of turtles throughout the world, and hopes people will help protect them if they get to know them a little better. He includes many color photographs. Turtles, almost alone among reptiles, have earned both human interest and affection. Our fascination with turtles, though, has not helped them much. Sought after for food, as pets, and for tortoiseshell, their habitats under attack on land and sea, turtle populations are in decline around the world. Understanding turtles is not only interesting, but also important. Turtles, tortoises, and terrapins have been on earth since the Triassic Period, approximately 200 million years ago. Their exact origins are uncertain, though - it is still unclear from which group of reptiles turtles sprang. Although the earliest fossils are clearly turtles, their anatomy has changed dramatically over time. In addition, turtle species vary greatly in such basic characteristics as anatomy and habitat preferences. Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins surveys the myriad of turtle anatomy, habitat, and life cycles throughout the ages. Human activities on the land and at sea pose the greatest threat that turtles have faced in the last 200 million years. The battle to save turtles goes on, and this book provides an important voice in turtle ecology. Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins is the perfect resource for anyone interested in all facets of these amazing and diverse reptiles.
Download or read book Tortoises written by Kate Riggs and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet the amazing dome-shelled reptile! Introduce elementary kids to tortoises and their long lives in the wild. Slow and steady, some tortoises can live up to 150 years! They live a quiet life of eating, basking in the sun, and digging burrows. Readers explore the many different kinds of tortoises, where they live, their behaviors and features, and why they move so slow, all with STEM-appropriate text and gorgeous photography. An end story retells Aesop's fable of the tortoise and the hare.
Book Synopsis Popular Guide by : National Zoological Park (U.S.)
Download or read book Popular Guide written by National Zoological Park (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Galapagos Giant Tortoises written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-11-07 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galapagos Giant Tortoises brings together researchers and conservationists to share the most up-to-date knowledge of Galapagos giant tortoises. Despite being icons of the world-famous Galapagos Archipelago and the target of more than 50 years of conservation research and management, Galapagos giant tortoise evolution and much of their ecology remained unknown until recently. This book documents the history, the pressing conservation issues, and success stories recovering several of the 15 different species of Galapagos tortoises from near extinction.The book begins with an overview of the history of the relationship between humans and Galapagos giant tortoises, starting from initial heavy exploitation of tortoises by pirates and whalers, and extending to the start of the modern conservation era in the 1960s. The book then shifts to biology, describing Galapagos tortoise evolution, taxonomy, ecology, habitats, reproduction, and behavior. Next the decades of conservation efforts and their results are reviewed, including issues of captive breeding, invasive species, introduced diseases, and de-extinction, as well as the current status and distribution of every species. The final portion of the book turns to four case studies of restoration, and then looks ahead to the future of all tortoise populations.The latest volume in the Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscape series, Galapagos Giant Tortoises is a valuable resource for researchers and conservationists, as well as students of biology, wildlife conservation, and herpetology. Provides a comprehensive overview of the Galapagos giant tortoise species as written and edited by the world’s leading experts Presents examples of restoration of tortoise populations following the near extinction of many of them Describes conservation strategies to ensure the full recovery of all extant species Explores recent efforts using replacement tortoises for extinct species to restore island ecosystems
Book Synopsis Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park by : New York Zoological Park
Download or read book Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park written by New York Zoological Park and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the New York Zoological Park describing the animals and their characteristics.
Book Synopsis Popular Official Guide to New York Zoological Park by : William T. Hornaday
Download or read book Popular Official Guide to New York Zoological Park written by William T. Hornaday and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Popular Official Guide to New York Zoological Park by William T. Hornaday
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Book Synopsis Cassell's popular natural history by : Cassell, ltd
Download or read book Cassell's popular natural history written by Cassell, ltd and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park by : William Temple Hornaday
Download or read book Popular Official Guide to the New York Zoological Park written by William Temple Hornaday and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The popular educator by : Popular educator
Download or read book The popular educator written by Popular educator and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Museum of Natural History; Being a Popular Account of the Structures, Habits, and Classification of the Various Departments of the Animal Kingdom, Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells, and Insects ... By Sir J. Richardson, W. S. Dallas, T. S. Cobbold, W. Baird, and A. White by : Sir John RICHARDSON
Download or read book The Museum of Natural History; Being a Popular Account of the Structures, Habits, and Classification of the Various Departments of the Animal Kingdom, Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells, and Insects ... By Sir J. Richardson, W. S. Dallas, T. S. Cobbold, W. Baird, and A. White written by Sir John RICHARDSON and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Popular Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1890-11 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
Book Synopsis The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw from the Encyclopedia Americana]. by : Popular encyclopedia
Download or read book The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw from the Encyclopedia Americana]. written by Popular encyclopedia and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Popular Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1899-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
Book Synopsis Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting by : Louis Figuier
Download or read book Reptiles and Birds: A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting written by Louis Figuier and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is little apparent resemblance between the elegant feathered warbler which makes the woods re-echo to its cheerful song, and the crawling reptile which is apt to inspire feelings of disgust when the more potent sensation of terror is absent—between the familiar Swallow, which builds its house of clay under the eaves of your roof, or the warbler whose nest, with its young progeny, carefully watched by the father of the brood in the silent watches of the night, is now threatened by the Serpent which has glided so silently into the bush, its huge mouth already open to swallow the whole family, while the despairing and fascinated parents have nothing but their slender bills to oppose to their formidable foe. "Placed side by side," says Professor Huxley, "a Humming-bird and a Tortoise, or an Ostrich and a Crocodile, offer the strongest contrast; and a Stork seems to have little but its animality in common with the Snake which it swallows." Nevertheless, unlike as they are in outward appearance, there is sufficient resemblance in their internal economy to bring them together in most attempts at a classification of the Animal Kingdom. The air-bladder which exists between the digestive canal and kidneys in some fishes, becomes vascular with the form and cellular structure of lungs in reptiles; the heart has two auricles, the ventricle in most is imperfectly divided, and more or less of the venous blood is mixed with the arterial which circulates over the body; but retaining their gills and being therefore transitional in structure, they are also cold-blooded. Inbirds, the lungs are spongy, the cavity of the air-bags becoming obliterated by the multiplication of vascular cellules; the heart is four-chambered, transmitting venous blood to the lungs, and pure arterial blood to the body; the temperature is raised and maintained at 90° to 100° Fahr. Thus Reptiles, like Birds, breathe the common air by means of their lungs, but respiration is much less active. "Although," remarks Professor Owen, "the heart of Birds resembles in some particulars that of Reptiles, the four cavities are as distinct as in the Mammalia, but they are relatively stronger, their valvular mechanism is more perfect, and the contractions of this organ are more forcible and frequent in birds, in accordance with their more extended respiration and their more energetic muscular action." It is true, as Professor Huxley informs us, that the pinion of a bird, which corresponds with the human hand or the fore paw of a reptile, has three points representing three fingers: no reptile has so few.1 The breast-bone of a bird is converted into membrane-bone: no such conversion takes place in reptiles. The sacrum is formed by a number of caudal and dorsal vertebræ. In reptiles the organ is constituted by one or two sacral vertebræ.
Book Synopsis THE NEW AMERICAN ENCYCLOPAEDIA: A Popular Dictionary OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE by :
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