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Vampiro : the vampire bat in fact and fantasy /
"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 pres...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Salt Lake City :
University of Utah Press,
©1999.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (147 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-140) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585106436 9780585106434 |