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Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog Adder s Fork and Lizard s Leg
Author | : Marty Crump,Danté Bruce Fenolio |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2015-11-16 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780226116006 |
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Recent estimates suggest that nearly 3 million people in the US alone keep an amphibian or reptile as a pet. YouTube videos with odes to cane toads are ubiquitous. And yet amphibians and reptiles also keep extermination companies in business, and are reviled by many. These emotions pose great challenges to the conservation of these species, just as their populations in the natural world are in great decline. It can be quite hard to inspire stewardship of a tomato toad in the same way that one can more generally charismatic fauna like pandas and polar bears. In response, herpetologists have created large-scale programs such as Amphibian Ark, the umbrella organization behind the Year of the Frog campaign, http: //www.amphibianark.org/, to educate and enthrall citizens with the charm of the more slimy species of the planet. Few herpetologists have contributed more to the conservation of amphibians and reptiles than Marty Crump, a renowned expert on declining amphibians. This manuscript is her ode to the toad, a masterful compilation of science and narrative centering on human relations with amphibians and reptiles across the globe. An intrepid explorer and skilled writer, Crump has gathered stories and myths and paired them with natural history to give a wonderful view of how essential amphibians and reptiles are to our well being. Using symbolism, folklore, and science, the manuscript also explores the conservation consequences of our complicated amorous and vexed affair with snakes, frogs, toads and other herpetofauna.
Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog Adder s Fork and Lizard s Leg
Author | : Marty Crump |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2015-11-16 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9780226116143 |
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From celebrated herpetologist and science writer Marty Crump, a beautifully illustrated exploration of the interlinked stories of herp folklore, natural history, and conservation. Frogs are worshipped for bringing nourishing rains, but blamed for devastating floods. Turtles are admired for their wisdom and longevity, but ridiculed for their sluggish and cowardly behavior. Snakes are respected for their ability to heal and restore life, but despised as symbols of evil. Lizards are revered as beneficent guardian spirits, but feared as the Devil himself. In this ode to toads and snakes, newts and tuatara, crocodiles and tortoises, herpetologist and science writer Marty Crump explores folklore across the world and throughout time. From creation myths to trickster tales; from associations with fertility and rebirth to fire and rain; and from the use of herps in folk medicines and magic, as food, pets, and gods, to their roles in literature, visual art, music, and dance, Crump reveals both our love and hatred of amphibians and reptiles—and their perceived power. In a world where we keep home terrariums at the same time that we battle invasive cane toads, and where public attitudes often dictate that the cute and cuddly receive conservation priority over the slimy and venomous, she shows how our complex and conflicting perceptions threaten the conservation of these ecologically vital animals. Sumptuously illustrated, Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog, Adder’s Fork and Lizard’s Leg is a beautiful and enthralling brew of natural history and folklore, sobering science and humor, that leaves us with one irrefutable lesson: love herps. Warts, scales, and all.
Ethno herpetology of Sikkim
Author | : Ajeya Jha |
Publsiher | : Shhalaj Publishing House |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2023-08-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789350184417 |
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Ethno-herpetology studies the relationship between people and reptiles and amphibians and is derived from “ethnic-” - relating to people and culture - and “herpetology” - the study of reptiles and amphibians. Sikkim being a melting pot of ethnic cultures as well as astounding biodiversity, provides exceptional motivation for the exploration of its ethno-herpetology. Since biological and ethnic diversity is often geography-specific, studying this in small geographical regions makes sense, as knowledge of ethno-herpetology varies extraordinarily across geographic boundaries. This book has been envisaged to capture Sikkim’s immense and vibrant ethno-herpetology. It is expected to bring a new understanding of this state’s rich bio-cultural heritage and provide new details and directions to researchers of ethnobiology, zoology, ecology, anthropology, human ecology, and culture. It sincerely hopes to generate greater interest in Sikkim, Ethno-herpetology, and herpetofauna. It has the potential to reward integration with tourism and traditional knowledge.
The Works of Shakespeare The Text Regulated by the Recently Discovered Folio of 1632 Containing Early Manuscript Emendations With a History of the Stage a Life of the Poet and an Introduction to Each Play by J P Collier To which are Added Glossarial and Other Notes and the Readings of Former Editions
Author | : William Shakespeare |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1170 |
Release | : 1856 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BL:A0026366511 |
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The Family Shakespeare Expurgated by T Bowdler
Author | : William Shakespeare |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 518 |
Release | : 1807 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : BL:A0027005540 |
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
Author | : William Shakespeare,Jan H. Blits |
Publsiher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 251 |
Release | : 2021-10-06 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9781585109968 |
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The fourth in a series of editions of Shakespeare’s most political and history-soaked plays, this Macbeth offers copious aids to understanding the play not found in any other edition. By attending to the play’s medieval Scottish setting in a way that rival editors have never matched—when they have even dug beyond the early seventeenth-century context in which it was produced—Jan H. Blits’s edition richly rewards readers left unsatisfied by “decodings” of the play’s supposed allusions to the politics of early modern England who wish to look deeper. In doing so, it opens the text for readers to encounter, in new ways, the play’s historical, political, and psychological significance.
Bogowie A Study of Eastern Europe s Ancient Gods
Author | : T.D. Kokoszka |
Publsiher | : John Hunt Publishing |
Total Pages | : 441 |
Release | : 2023-08-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781803412863 |
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T.D. Kokoszka grew up in Texas with a Jewish mother and a Polish-American father. While he was aware of roots going back to Eastern Europe from both families, he found it hard to learn very much about them. He knew that Polish people would whack one another with palm leaves around Easter, and he knew that his great-grandmother purportedly believed in forest spirits known as borowy. However, it wasn't until he was in his teens that he became vaguely aware of an ancient people known as the Slavs who gave rise to the Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovakian, Slovene, and Czech languages. It quickly became clear to him that this was a family of cultures currently under-represented in popular culture, and even in western scholarship. Not simply a regurgitation of scholarship from the Soviet period - and presenting new analyses by using previously neglected resources - Bogowie: A Study of Eastern Europe's Ancient Gods offers one of the most painstaking scholarly reconstructions of Slavic paganism. These new resources include not only an overview of folklore from many different Slavic countries but also comparisons with Ossetian culture and Mordvin culture, as well as a series of Slavic folktales that Kokoszka analyzes in depth, often making the case that the narratives involved are mythological and shockingly ancient. Readers will recognize many European folktale types and possibly learn to look at these folktales differently after reading this book.
Wildlife in the Garden Expanded Edition
Author | : Gene Logsdon |
Publsiher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1999-08-22 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 0253212847 |
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The authot examines ways to deal with wildlife in your garden by benefitting from them instead of fighting them.