Anaconda : the secret life of the world's largest snake /
"The first horrible large serpent that we find, because it is common in those countries, is the buío, to whom the Jiraras Indians and other nations called aviofá, and the Indians from Quito called mother of the water, because ordinarily lives in it. It is deformed in the body, the size of a vig...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Science, Love, and Anaconda Research
- 2 The Anaconda Challenge: Learning How to Learn
- 3 What Is a Good Real Estate for an Anaconda?
- 4 Anacondas' Tales: Sickness and Health, Birth and Death in the Life of a Giant Snake
- 5 How Much Is Supper? Predator Diet and Prey Retaliation
- 6 The Largess of Motherhood: Fecundity and Female Reproductive Strategy
- 7 How Big Can a Giant Be?
- 8 "Hey, It's Me, It's Me!" Courtship and Confusion in the Male Reproductive Strategy
- 9 The Origin of the Mystery: Adapting to Life in a Big Dam
- 10 Conservation of Anacondas and Beyond: The Interface of Biology, Politics, and Economics
- 11 Epilogue: A Different Approach.