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Description: |
147 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
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General Note: |
Originally published: Silver City, N.M. : High-Lonesome Books, ©1994. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-140) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Pt. I. Natural History of Vampire Bats. Discovery by Science. Common Names. Description. Fossil History. Range and Distribution. Physical Abilities. Feeding Behavior. The Vampire Bat at Home. Social Behavior. Sex Life and Reproduction. Enemies, Longevity, and Mortality -- Pt. II. Vampires and People. Vampire Bat Attacks on Humans. Vampire Bats as Reservoirs of Disease. Vampire Bat Control. Vampire Bats in Captivity. Vampire Bats in Indian Mythology. Contemporary Folklore. Vampyres. Vampyrism and Real-Life Vampyres. Vampyres & Vampire Bats in Western Literature. The Vampire Bat as a Logo. Present Status and Attitudes Toward Vampire Bats. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Review: "No bat so fires our imagination or is more renowned than the common vampire bat of tropical America. Its singular diet of warm blood, its stealthy nighttime attacks, and its capability of transmitting deadly diseases all create an aura of fear and fascination."--BOOK JACKET. "To present a picture of these parasitic mammals in true-life form, zoologist David Brown has gathered and distilled an enormous amount of factual information, while sifting through the mythology of the "vampyre" in both the Old and New Worlds."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Brown, David E. (David Earl), 1938- Vampiro. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1999 (OCoLC)607343405 |
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Online version: Brown, David E. (David Earl), 1938- Vampiro. Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©1999 (OCoLC)609154724 |