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A collection of 51 papers presented at the International Turtle & Tortoise Symposium held in Vienna 2002. Color and b/w photographs, distribution maps, graphs, and tables. ... Read more

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Greedy Tortoise tricks the birds at a feast and the birds get their revenge in this Igbo tale of why the tortoise has a checkered shell. ... Read more

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This is an 8 book collection of the second series in Animal Lives by Sally Morgan (TEACHER CREATED RESOURCES) The series takes an in-depth look at some amaizing animals, including habitat, life sysles, animal adaptation, and conservation.Each book is illustrated with stunning full-color photographs and world locator maps to show where each animal can be found in the wild. These studies offer interdisiplinary opportunities in geography, science, and literacy. By the time you finish reading you will be an animal expert! This set includes Alligators and Crocodiles, Eagles, Bees and Wasps, Tortoises and Turtles, Bears, Giraffes, sharks and Orangutans. ... Read more

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great series...
In a mere 32 pages this bookcovers the animal's natural habitat, characteristics, prey and predator and much more. The pictures are simply beautiful and I love that they used bold large font so that kids and parents can read it without squinting. The way the facts are layed out throughout the book seems more like a game so kids won't even think of it as "learning" or "hard work". I purchased the whole set-18 books individually. They are ridiciously cheap on Amazon on other websites they are going for over $200 for the set. Makes a great gift for an animal lover or an excellent way to start an inexpensive animal encyclopedia in your home. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Turtles and tortoises are frequently depicted in popular culture as easygoing, patient, and wise creatures, snapping turtles aside. Due to their long lifespan, slow movement, sturdiness, and wrinkled appearance, they are an emblem of longevity and stability in many cultures around the world. Turtles are regularly incorporated into human culture, with painters, photographers, poets, songwriters, and sculptors using them as subjects. They have an important role in mythologies around the world, and are often implicated in creation myths regarding the origin of the Earth.Sea turtles are a charismatic megafauna and are used as symbols of the marine environment and environmentalism.As a result of its role as a slow, peaceful creature in culture, the turtle can be misconceived as a sedentary animal; however, many types of turtle, especially sea turtles, frequently migrate over large distances in oceans. ... Read more

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Chapters: Turtle, Tortoise, Gopherus, Geometric Tortoise, Psammobates Oculifer, Macrocephalochelys, Tent Tortoise, Planiplastron, Kinixys, Homopus, Manouria, Protochelydra. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 59. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: CryptodiraPleurodiraand see text Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines (the crown group of the superorder Chelonia), characterised by a special bony or cartilaginous shell developed from their ribs that acts as a shield. "Turtle" may either refer to the Testudines as a whole, or to particular Testudines which make up a form taxon that is not monophyleticsee also sea turtle, terrapin, tortoise, and the discussion below. The order Testudines includes both extant (living) and extinct species. The earliest known turtles date from 215 million years ago, making turtles one of the oldest reptile groups and a more ancient group than lizards and snakes. Of the many species alive today some are highly endangered. Like other reptiles, turtles are ectothermsvarying their internal temperature according to the ambient environment, commonly called cold-blooded. However, leatherback sea turtle have noticeably higher body temperature than surrounding water because of their high metabolic rate. Like other amniotes (reptiles, dinosaurs, birds, and mammals), they breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water. The largest turtles are aquatic. Chelonia mydas in Kona, Hawaii.The largest chelonian is the great leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), which reaches a shell length of 200 centimetres (6.6 ft) and can reach a weight of over 900 kilograms (2,000 lb). Freshwater turtles are generally smaller, but with the largest species, the Asian softshell turtle Pelochelys cantorii, a few individuals have been repo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=37751 ... Read more

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Chapters: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Bowser, Gamera, Jimmy Olsen, Cultural Depictions of Turtles and Tortoises, Michelangelo, Franklin, Leonardo, Raphael, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Donatello, Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories, Tokka and Rahzar, Cecil Turtle, Venus, Mock Turtle, Filburt, Touché Turtle and Dum Dum, Fastback, Tooter Turtle, List of Fictional Turtles, World Turtle, Kamemon, Super-Turtle, the Slowskys, Terrific Whatzit, Halfshell, Snapper, Mickael Turtle, Pong Pagong, Dragon Turtle. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 217. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (or simply Ninja Turtles, and previously known in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles) are a fictional team of four mutant turtles, who were trained by an anthropomorphic, talking rat sensei in the art of Ninjutsu and named after four Renaissance artists. From their home in the storm sewers of New York, they battle petty criminals, evil megalomaniacs, and alien invaders, all while remaining isolated from society at large. The characters initially appeared in comic books before being licensed for toys, cartoons, video games, films, and other merchandise. During the peak of its popularity in the late 1980s through early 1990s, the franchise gained considerable worldwide success and fame. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles originated in an American comic book published by Mirage Studios in 1984 in Dover, New Hampshire. The concept arose from a humorous drawing sketched out by Kevin Eastman during a casual evening of brainstorming with his friend Peter Laird. Using money from a tax refund together with a loan from Eastman's uncle, the young artists self-published a single issue comic intended to parody four of the most...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=43815 ... Read more

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From the author of New Animal Discoveries, which was nominated by the Canadian Children`s Bookcentre for the 2001 Norma Fleck Award, comes another beautiful and exciting book about some of the world`s most fascinating reptiles. In Survivors In Armor, Dr. Ronald Orenstein explores the evolution, life and survival of some of the world`s most ancient and beautiful species. Turtles, almost alone among reptiles, have earned both human interest and affection; however, our fascination has not helped their survival. Sought after for food, as pets and for tortoiseshell, their habitats are under attack on land and sea. Turtle populations are in decline around the world. Understanding turtles is not only interesting, but important to ensure their continued survival.(2001)