The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World OShea MarkPevná vazba
The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World OShea MarkPevná vazba For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and…
Specifikacia The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World OShea MarkPevná vazba
The Book of Snakes: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World OShea MarkPevná vazba
For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and revulsion. Snakes can convey both beauty and menace in a single tongue flick and so these creatures have held a special place in our cultures. Some people recoil in fear at the very suggestion of these creatures, while others happily keep them as pets.
It will bring greater understanding of a group of reptiles that have existed for more than 160 million years, and that now inhabit every continent except Antarctica, as well as two of the great oceans.This volume pairs spectacular photos with Yet, for as many meanings that we attribute to snakes--from fertility and birth to sin and death--the real-life species represent an even wider array of wonders.The Book of Snakes presents 600 species of snakes from around the world, covering nearly one in six of all snake species.