The jaguar's shadow : searching for a mythic cat /

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When the nature writer Richard Mahler discovers that wild jaguars are prowling a remote corner of his home state of New Mexico, he embarks on a determined quest to see in the flesh a big, beautiful cat that is the stuff of legend-yet verifiably real. Mahler's passion sets in motion a years-long...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahler, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Jaguar.
Panthers.
NATURE > Animals > Big Cats.
SCIENCE > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • "God almighty, that's a jaguar!"
  • "It pays us again and again"
  • "Among all big cats, we know least about them"
  • "We all felt really blessed"
  • "Well drawn and unmistakable"
  • "The model for how to live"
  • "Jaguars possess the power of God"
  • "Blood of the valiant"
  • "He believes he is a jaguar"
  • "There it is, I'm going to shoot it"
  • "Cows are more important than cats"
  • "We just stopped seeing them"
  • "To ensure our namesake is protected"
  • "Siga el Pisto"
  • "Living in the same place it always has"
  • "Pretty well hunted out"
  • "These animals could become wonderful teachers"
  • "It's good if it's dead"
  • "A flagship species for conservation"
  • "The mother liquor from which we have come"
  • "To see one at all is a lifetime experience"
  • Saving and studying jaguars.

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