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008 100106s2010 mau b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2009053340
020 _a9780674049925 (alk. paper)
040 _aDLC
_cDLC
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050 0 0 _aQL666.C5
_bS68 2010
082 0 0 _a333.95/79246
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100 1 _aStanford, Craig B.
_q(Craig Britton),
_d1956-
245 1 4 _aThe last tortoise :
_ba tale of extinction in our lifetime /
_cCraig B. Stanford.
260 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,
_c2010.
300 _aviii, 210 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bcol. ill. ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [195]-199) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aTestudinidae.
650 0 _aTurtles.
650 0 _aEndangered species.
650 0 _aExtinction (Biology)
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