Sailing with Noah : Stories from the World of Zoos /

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"An intensely personal, behind-the-scenes look at modern zoos, written in a lively, accessible style. Through a variety of true stories, some funny, some sad, occurring in different cities and on different continents, Bonner describes the changing role of zoos and argues that conservation is th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bonner, Jeffrey P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Zoos.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
NATURE > Animals > General.
Jardins zoologiques > Anecdotes.
Zoos > Anecdotes.
Anecdotes.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Escargot, anyone?
  • Ironkids bread
  • The tragedy in Philadelphia and the miracle in Chicago
  • When a butterfly sneezes
  • The telemetric egg
  • A virus among us
  • Lions and tigers and bears
  • Golden tamarins and ferrets with black feet
  • Ralph Neds I have known
  • Immaculate conception
  • The stradivarius of birds
  • We haven't lost anybody (yet)
  • Skukuza
  • The panda wars
  • This would be a nice place--if it weren't for the visitors
  • The problem with PETA
  • Zoos of the future
  • Sailing with Noah.

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