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| Rattlesnakes: Their Habits, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind, Second edition (2 volume set) | 
| Author: Laurence M. Klauber
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
List Price: $150.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 648668
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1580
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.8
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8 x 4.3
ISBN: 0520210565
Dewey Decimal Number: 597.96
EAN: 9780520210561
ASIN: 0520210565
Publication Date: July 31, 1997
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Excellent Book November 13, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is the Rattle Snake Bible. Klauber was not only the head of the San Diego Zoos reptile house for many years, he still is referenced in association with rattlesnakes as the formost expert years after his death and it is well deserved. His research was ground breaking (although now it seems elementary in some ways I.E. his heat pit research.) and interesting to read. Its no wonder they chose to name the banded rock rattle snake in his honor (crotalus viridis klauberii).
decades after it's publication, still the best! July 22, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is still the best book on rattlesnakes, decades after it was published. That alone ought to stand as a testament to the value this book has. The author brought an incredibly analytical mind to this book, and it shows. Some of the medical information is out of date, as is some of the taxonomy, but much on the habitats, morphology, ecology, interaction with man, etc. still holds true.
His work on the rattlesnakes strike, on comparitive morphology of the two genera, etc. still stand. This book covers rattlesnakes in incredible depth, going over every detail of these serpents. It's a godsend for those of us interested in rattlers. This book leaves no stone unturned (herping joke, sorry). It covers it's subject matter completly and professionally, and is well worth having on the bookshelf as a reference. If you like rattlers, or for that matter find zoology interesting, this book is a worthwhile read. If only more herpetological text were near as thorough as this one...
Klauber rules! July 19, 2002
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Anything and everything you need to know about these great reptiles! Status, morphology, the rattle, bodily functions, behavior, population and ecology, food, reproduction, venom apparatus, envenomation and its effects, treatment and prevention of envenomation, control an utilization, enemies of rattlesnakes, Indians and rattlesnakes, post-Columbian knowledge of rattlesnakes, myths, folklore and tall stories.
A truly interesting book July 12, 2002
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I read this book in the mid 90's just for the heck of it, and found it to be wonderful. The style is neither dryly academic nor breathlessly tabloid, but just right. The text answers almost all possible questions about rattlesnake life, legends, myths, and taxonomy that one could think of. It is one of the few books I have read that could be used as either a reference or vacation book.
rattelsnakes the rattelsnake that rattels""' July 28, 2000
6 out of 36 found this review helpful
rattelsnakes are dangerus and they well strick' and rattel wheen they are in a bad place were auther pray come by. you will allso want to watch were you are wakeing on the ground. thank you evere much for your time. chris j coombes.
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