Coral Snakes of the Americas


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This monographic treatment offers all the basic knowledge about New World venomous coral snakes. It gives full description and keys for identification of all the species and subspecies, with maps of distribution and variation, including morphology, anatomy and colour patterns, as well as folklore. Natural history includes ecology, food and feeding, reproduction, enemies and defense, biogeography and evolution, with special reference to mimicry and cannibalism. Chapters on venoms and snakebite survey characteristics and effects of venom, snakebite accidents, first aid and remedies.




Coral Snakes


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Coral snakes have bright colors to warn predators that they are poisonous. Young learners will find out how these small snakes look, where they live, and how they hide from predators and sneak up on prey.




Coral Snake


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There’s an old saying about the colorful coral snake: “Red on yellow, kill a fellow.” This is a handy phrase to remember because it helps people distinguish between dangerous coral snakes and the nonvenomous snakes that resemble them. Readers learn that the real coral snake packs a powerful dose of deadly venom in each bite. Numerous colorful photos of coral snakes in the wild are combined with informative text to give readers a close-up view of these dangerous slithering reptiles.




Coral Snakes


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Learn how coral snakes live and hunt in the wild.




Coral Snake / Serpiente coral


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Introduces the coral snake, a venomous serpent with red bands amidst stripes of other colors, and describes its habitat, appearance, and habits.




International Wildlife Encyclopedia


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This twenty-two volume set presents the appearance and behavior of thousands of species of animals along with species population and prospects for survival in a arranged alphabetically and easy-to-read format.




King Cobra


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Introduces the king cobra, describing its physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and the ways in which it defends itself against predators.




The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago


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As issues of employee involvement and participation once more evoke considerable controversy, this textbook provides an accessible overview of the main strands, perspectives and debates in current thinking and practice. It adopts a comparative international approach, addressing developments in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, the United States and elsewhere. The authors identify two main strands of evolution: one driven by managerial interests in enhancing and controlling employee commitment and performance; the other deriving from employees' attempts to influence high-level organizational decision-making. In particular, they examine and analyze: the background of key concepts, issues and philosophies underpinning




Snakes


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"Through the combined work of 13 different experts in the field, you'll gain invaluable and unique insight into the life style, behavioral characteristics, and physical appearance of many different species [of snakes]."--Page 2 of cover.




Clinical Toxinology in Australia, Europe, and Americas


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This handbook addresses various topics on clinical toxinology such as the epidemiology and management of snake and insect bites in Australia and different countries in Europe and the Americas. Chapters will be written by experts currently working in the subspecialty, many of whom have first-hand experience in the relevant research fields. In virtually all the topics, appropriate illustrations are provided to simplify comprehension including tables, figures and pictures. Clinical toxinologic conditions are becoming increasingly frequent, more so than is generally recognized. The conditions comprise of clinical aspects such as the diagnosis, management, and prevention of snakebite envenoming, scorpion sting, mushroom toxins, plant toxins, and other natural toxins. Clinical toxinology also deals with the ecology, epidemiology, regional differences, and varieties of fauna accounting for different envenoming manifestations. This reference work, part of the Toxinology handbook series, is designed to keep readers abreast with new knowledge and experience in toxinology regionally and globally. Toxinologists, researchers, scientists, and experts in this field from various working areas considered it necessary to collect all the aspects of clinical toxinology in a single, handy handbook. This can be used by medical students, postgraduate students, general practitioners, specialists in internal medicine, critical care physicians, emergency physicians, and anesthetists worldwide.