100-Year-Old Tortoises!
Author | : Leonard Atlantic |
Publisher | : |
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Release | : 2017-01-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781482456219 |
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Author | : Leonard Atlantic |
Publisher | : |
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Release | : 2017-01-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781482456219 |
Author | : Topper Evans |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1482456230 |
Turtles can live for a long time, but tortoises can live for even longer! These slow-moving animals can live for hundreds of years in many places on Earth, from Galapagos tortoises outliving the explorers who discovered them to Seychelles giant tortoises that may be nearly 200 years old! With the help of full-color photographs, readers learn about the many different tortoises that have life-spans longer than most humans and how their bodies are built to live long, leisurely lives. They also explore how zoos take care of these special animals to ensure their lives are not cut short in captivity.
Author | : Topper Evans |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1482456222 |
Turtles can live for a long time, but tortoises can live for even longer! These slow-moving animals can live for hundreds of years in many places on Earth, from Galapagos tortoises outliving the explorers who discovered them to Seychelles giant tortoises that may be nearly 200 years old! With the help of full-color photographs, readers learn about the many different tortoises that have life-spans longer than most humans and how their bodies are built to live long, leisurely lives. They also explore how zoos take care of these special animals to ensure their lives are not cut short in captivity.
Author | : Joel Sartore |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1426217773 |
This book of photography represents National Geographic's Photo Ark, a major cross-platform initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world's animals -- especially those that are endangered. His message: to know these animals is to save them. Sartore intends to photograph every animal in captivity in the world. He is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species, with an emphasis on those facing extinction. He has photographed more than 6,000 already and now, thanks to a multi-year partnership with National Geographic, he may reach his goal. This book showcases his animal portraits: from tiny to mammoth, from the Florida grasshopper sparrow to the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Paired with the prose of veteran wildlife writer Douglas Chadwick, this book presents an argument for saving all the species of our planet.
Author | : IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group |
Publisher | : IUCN |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Nature conservation |
ISBN | : 2880329868 |
Author | : Eva Furrow |
Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2017-04-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1250160766 |
Harriet the tortoise likes to do things slowly. She explores her home on the Galápagos Islands—slowly. She eats—slowly. And when the sun goes down, she slumbers deeply all night long. When Harriet’s friends tell her to pick up the pace, Harriet decides to journey to a neighboring island to see what there is to see. She parades with penguins and rides with dolphins, encountering adventure at every turn. But is life in the fast lane right for a tortoise who loves to take her time?
Author | : Topper Evans |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 2016-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 148245629X |
Tuataras are special animals because theyre old in many ways. Theyre part of an order of reptiles that first appeared more than 200 million years ago! They can also live more than 100 years! Readers fascinated by these odd animals will love learning why theyre only found in New Zealand and how they adapted characteristics of many different kinds of animals, including amphibians, reptiles, and even fish! With full-color photographs showing off these features in great detail, this book is sure to impress young readers.
Author | : Samuel Garman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Galapagos tortoise |
ISBN | : |
This book describes the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and habitats of Gal?apagos tortoises.
Author | : Robert E. Wells |
Publisher | : Albert Whitman & Company |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 080758830X |
If medals were awarded to animals for living a long time, then a giant tortoise would certainly win one. Some giant tortoises have lived for more than 150 years! Still, there are things on this planet much older than giant tortoises. Some of the giant sequoia trees that grow in California would be more than 3,000 years old. But the trees aren't that old compared to the Barringer Crater in Arizona—that was made about 49,000 years ago. And it's almost impossible to imagine that 65 million years ago, the T. Rex dinosaur roamed this planet—but we have the skeletons to prove it!
Author | : |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 538 |
Release | : 2020-11-07 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0128175559 |
Galapagos Giant Tortoises brings together researchers and conservationists to share the most up-to-date knowledge of Galapagos giant tortoises. Despite being icons of the world-famous Galapagos Archipelago and the target of more than 50 years of conservation research and management, Galapagos giant tortoise evolution and much of their ecology remained unknown until recently. This book documents the history, the pressing conservation issues, and success stories recovering several of the 15 different species of Galapagos tortoises from near extinction.The book begins with an overview of the history of the relationship between humans and Galapagos giant tortoises, starting from initial heavy exploitation of tortoises by pirates and whalers, and extending to the start of the modern conservation era in the 1960s. The book then shifts to biology, describing Galapagos tortoise evolution, taxonomy, ecology, habitats, reproduction, and behavior. Next the decades of conservation efforts and their results are reviewed, including issues of captive breeding, invasive species, introduced diseases, and de-extinction, as well as the current status and distribution of every species. The final portion of the book turns to four case studies of restoration, and then looks ahead to the future of all tortoise populations.The latest volume in the Biodiversity of the World: Conservation from Genes to Landscape series, Galapagos Giant Tortoises is a valuable resource for researchers and conservationists, as well as students of biology, wildlife conservation, and herpetology. - Provides a comprehensive overview of the Galapagos giant tortoise species as written and edited by the world's leading experts - Presents examples of restoration of tortoise populations following the near extinction of many of them - Describes conservation strategies to ensure the full recovery of all extant species - Explores recent efforts using replacement tortoises for extinct species to restore island ecosystems