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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Science in the Snakepit: Tales of the Often Eccentric People Who Have Studied Serpents Over the Centuries and Have Sometimes Paid with Their Lives

Science in the Snakepit: Tales of the Often Eccentric People Who Have Studied Serpents Over the Centuries and Have Sometimes Paid with Their Lives

Shine, Rick

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Biographies GeneralReptiles & Amphibains

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 1760796972
ISBN13: 9781760796976
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
Published: Mar 2 2026
Pages: 384
Weight: 2.00
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.55 Depth: 8.36
Language: English
People have always been fascinated by snakes, but only during the last few decades have researchers begun to reveal the secret lives of these most mysterious of animals. Rick Shine is one of the most eminent of those scientists, and his book describes the adventures and misadventures of researchers who have investigated the ecology and biology of these fantastic beasts - and sometimes, have paid with their lives. This richly-illustrated title chronicles the revolution in our understanding of snakes, the new methods that have arisen to enable those breakthroughs, and the serendipitous and often-chaotic processes by which human beings accumulate insights into other forms of life. Recent years have witnessed an incredible flowering of snake-ecology research, with a rapidly expanding diversity not only of the snake species being studied and the places where this occurs, but also of the kinds of people making those discoveries. Snakes are peculiar animals, and they attract peculiar people. This book captures the thrills and perils of a worldwide scientific leap forward, from fear and ignorance of snakes towards respect and understanding. This professional biologist's ramble through the history of people's attempt to understand the private lives of snakes - with lots of stories about the eccentric pioneers - will appeal to anyone with an interest in snakes and natural history.

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