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Description: |
xxii, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-339) and index. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Outlines the present knowledge of rattlesnake habits and life histories. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction -- Status -- Morphology -- The rattle -- Bodily functions -- Behavior -- Populations and ecology -- Food -- Reproduction -- Poison apparatus -- The bite and its effects -- Treatment and prevention of the bite -- Control and utilization -- Enemies of rattlesnakes -- Indians and rattlesnakes -- Post-Columbian knowledge of rattlesnakes -- Myths, folklore, and tall stories. |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/80016660.html |