Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature
by Harry W. Greene
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"This is a book about some of nature's most alluring and forbidding creatures, written by a man with an abiding passion for snakes, as well as for science, conservation, and the beauty and complexity of nature. Snakes inhabit all major ecosystems outside of the polar regions and are among the most common predators on other vertebrates. More than 2,700 species of snakes are currently recognized, place in about 420 genera and 18 families ..."Tags
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- First words
- In 1766 Carl von Linne (also known as Carolus Linnaeus), a Swedish botanist and founder of modern biological nomenclature, named the Bushmaster Crotalus mutus, literally, "the silent rattlesnake."
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)As for the serpents themselves, we still can't say what it's like to actually be a Black-tailed Rattlesnake, much less a Ridgenose. I must go farther and closer.
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- English, German
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