Crocodile Country
Author : Barry Crump
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,7 MB
Release : 1990-09-01
Category : New Zealand fiction
ISBN : 9780959789768
Author : Barry Crump
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 50,7 MB
Release : 1990-09-01
Category : New Zealand fiction
ISBN : 9780959789768
Author : Emil Draitser
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 45,30 MB
Release : 2021
Category :
ISBN : 9780299329006
Author : Michael Teitelbaum
Publisher : Troll Communications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,66 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Donkey Kong (Game)
ISBN : 9780816742707
Author : Peter Godwin
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 2008-04-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0316032093
After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years. Then Godwin discovered a shocking family secret that helped explain their loyalty. Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity, another world. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.
Author : Jim Arnosky
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,66 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780439903561
Writer Jim Arnosky describes his trip into the Florida Everglades in search of the elusive American crocodile, an animal which has inhabited the earth since the days of the dinosaurs.
Author : Geological Survey (South Africa)
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 27,69 MB
Release : 1909
Category : Geology
ISBN :
Author : Lynne Kelly
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 31,60 MB
Release : 2006-12-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781741761917
An ancient animal whose ancestors have roamed the earth since the time of the dinosaurs, the crocodile has survived continental drift, ice ages and the loss of once-prolific species. Today, the Australian saltie, the Chinese alligator, the Indian gharial and the black caiman are just some of the twenty-three species of crocodilian descendants found across the world. Human interaction with these dangerous yet intriguing animals has been reflected in myths and legends dating back to earliest recorded history. Feared or revered, crocodilians have always fascinated. Sadly, many breeds of this seemingly indestructible species are now facing extinction because of human activity, intrusion into their habitats and retaliation for the threat they pose to humans. This is the fascinating and extraordinary story of the crocodile, one of evolution's greatest survivors. Lynne Kelly has been teaching science, mathematics and gifted education for over 30 years. She holds a degree in engineering, education and computing, and is the author of numerous books and online courses for education, a novel and a popular science title, The Skeptic's Guide to the Paranormal.
Author : Steve Irwin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 10,58 MB
Release : 2002-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1101220090
For Steve and Terri Irwin, confronting aggressive sixteen-foot gators, hissing deadly snakes, charging rhinos, venomous spiders, huge lizards, and wild reptiles in their own habitats was a part of daily life. Steve’s love for animals began at an early age, when his parents created an animal refuge—instilling in him a respect for Australia’s native wildlife, and some of the most dangerous creatures on Earth. Writing with his wife and soul mate, Terri Irwin, Steve provides intimate insights into their private life away from the cameras. Learn how they first met, how they successfully translated a shared love of animals into a worldwide message of conservation, and how they built one of the largest private animal refuges in Australia.
Author : Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 15,40 MB
Release : 1869
Category : Africa, West
ISBN :
Author : Dan Wylie
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 26,38 MB
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1780231237
“Tick, tock, tick, tock.” Thanks to Peter Pan, this sound, if heard near water, means run: a hungry crocodile is on its way. J. M. Barrie isn’t fully to blame for spreading the word that crocodiles are our enemies, or at least the enemies of one-handed pirates—innumerable songs, stories, and legends have characterized these reptiles as a symbol of pitiless predation and insatiable appetite. Tracking twenty-three crocodilian species from India and Egypt to Africa, Australia, and beyond, Crocodile advocates that we do a complete one-eighty in our views of these magnificent creatures. Dan Wylie traces the crocodile in myth, art, and literature, demonstrating that though we commonly associate the reptiles with ferocity and deceit, they have also often been respected and revered in human history. Discussing how crocodiles were all but wiped out in the middle of the twentieth century by hunters and skin traders and are now making a comeback, he reveals that, as apex predators, they are today an increasingly important indicator of the health of an ecosystem and may outlive humans like they did dinosaurs. Presenting a concise, cogent case for why we should respect these fearsome animals, this beautifully illustrated volume is a tribute to one of the world’s ultimate survivors.