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Rabbits: The Animal Answer Guide
Susan Lumpkin
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Description for Rabbits: The Animal Answer Guide
Hardback. Lumpkin and Seidensticker talk about conservation, because while rabbits may breed like, well, rabbits, several species are among the most endangered animals on Earth. Series: The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist. Num Pages: 272 pages, 115, 74 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white line drawings, 35 colour illustratio. BIC Classification: WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 703.
Did you know that there are more than 90 species of rabbits, hares, and pikas, rabbits' little-known cousins? And that new species are still being found? Or that baby rabbits nurse from their mothers only once a day? How about that some people brew medicinal tea from rabbit pellets? Wildlife conservationists Susan Lumpkin and John Seidensticker have all the answers-from the mundane to the unbelievable-about the world's leaping lagomorphs. To some, rabbits are simply a docile pet for the classroom or home. To others, they are the cute animals munching on clover or the pests plaguing vegetable gardens. Whatever your ... Read more
Did you know that there are more than 90 species of rabbits, hares, and pikas, rabbits' little-known cousins? And that new species are still being found? Or that baby rabbits nurse from their mothers only once a day? How about that some people brew medicinal tea from rabbit pellets? Wildlife conservationists Susan Lumpkin and John Seidensticker have all the answers-from the mundane to the unbelievable-about the world's leaping lagomorphs. To some, rabbits are simply a docile pet for the classroom or home. To others, they are the cute animals munching on clover or the pests plaguing vegetable gardens. Whatever your ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
The Animal Answer Guides: Q&A for the Curious Naturalist
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801897887
SKU
V9780801897887
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About Susan Lumpkin
Susan Lumpkin is a freelance writer and editor specializing in natural history and conservation. Between 1990 and 2008 she was director of communications at Friends of the National Zoo and editor of its ZooGoer magazine. She is now consultant to the Global Tiger Initiative. John Seidensticker is a conservation scientist and head of the Conservation Ecology Center at the ... Read more
Reviews for Rabbits: The Animal Answer Guide
Rabbits: The Animal Answer Guide is the one resource you will need to learn about rabbits' anatomy and physiology, evolutionary history, ecology, behavior, and their relationships with humans. Northeastern Naturalist 2011