The last tortoise : a tale of extinction in our lifetime / Craig B. Stanford.
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)
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- QL666.C5 S68 2010
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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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