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The last tortoise : a tale of extinction in our lifetime / Craig B. Stanford.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.Description: viii, 210 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780674049925 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.95/79246 22
LOC classification:
  • QL666.C5 S68 2010
Contents:
The tortoise and the hare? -- What exactly are tortoises and turtles? -- Live long and prosper -- No respect for the ancient lands -- Eating tortoises -- "Such huge deformed creatures" -- Beloved captives -- Are there solutions? -- Achilles and the tortoise -- Appendixes. Extremes of the tortoise world. Tortoises on the brink of extinction. Tortoise species.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks QL666 .C5 S68 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001078087

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-199) and index.

The tortoise and the hare? -- What exactly are tortoises and turtles? -- Live long and prosper -- No respect for the ancient lands -- Eating tortoises -- "Such huge deformed creatures" -- Beloved captives -- Are there solutions? -- Achilles and the tortoise -- Appendixes. Extremes of the tortoise world. Tortoises on the brink of extinction. Tortoise species.

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