Living with Snakes and Other Reptiles by Simon Watharow
By Simon Watharow
What is the genuine probability of being bitten by means of a snake?
Can you actually die in 30 seconds?
Many folks have an instinctive worry of snakes and different reptiles. during the last 2 hundred years, we have now outfitted up a powerful unfavorable picture of them, in particular snakes. it's a picture that has been bolstered through many fallacies and misconceptions.
Living with Snakes and different Reptiles presents a layperson’s account of why those creatures behave the best way they do and what makes humans get into difficulty. The booklet sheds new gentle on snakes, lizards and crocodiles, lets you determine them and dispels a few universal myths and fallacies. In revealing the interesting international of reptiles, the ebook offers the reader with the information to higher focus on them at domestic and within the workplace.
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