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- catalog abstract "Describes the giant reptiles that have intrigued man throughout the ages and examines their role in mythology.".
- catalog contributor b1506744.
- catalog contributor b1506745.
- catalog created "c1973.".
- catalog date "1973".
- catalog date "c1973.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1973.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 327-329.".
- catalog description "Describes the giant reptiles that have intrigued man throughout the ages and examines their role in mythology.".
- catalog description "Dinosaurs and other vanished giants -- Introducing the crocodilians. Crocodiles : alligators and caimans -- Crocodilian life patterns. Breeding and nesting ; Food and feeding habits ; Dens and burrows ; Natural enemies and friends -- Crocodilians and man. Attacks on man ; Crocodile hunting ; Utilization by man ; Conservation -- Myths about crocodilians. Mister Peacock ; Fatima's favorite toy; Ancient Egypt and contemporary Africa ; Damsels and dragons ; The Wani and the Son of Heaven ; Other crocodile-human kingships ; Crocodiles remembered ; Dragons of the Far East -- Turtles around the world. Turtles of the sea ; Migration ; Nesting and breeding ; Turtles in trouble ; Disposition -- The big freshwater turtles. The softshells ; Snapping turtles ; Batagurs and other river turtles -- Giant land tortoises -- Legendary turtles. The Mediterranean basin ; India and the Far East ; North America -- The great lizards. Monitors ; Iguanas -- Snakes : the big five and their relatives. The anaconda ; The reticulated python ; The African python ; The Indian python ; The amethystine python ; The boa constrictor and the smaller pythons -- Biology and behavior of boas and pythons. Reproduction ; Food, feeding, and growth ; Attacks on man ; Natural enemies -- Other large snakes. Shamans and their kin ; Venomous giants -- Snakes as leather, food, and medicine -- Snake mythology. Cosmic and Earth serpents ; The python of the sun ; Living gods ; Pythons from the dreaming ; East across the Pacific ; Nagas and Jogis ; How the python lost its venom ; Honorable-lords-serpents ; The phallic camudi -- Final reflections -- App. Geologic time chart of the evolution of reptiles ; Scientific names of reptiles mentioned in the text.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 345 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Giant reptiles.".
- catalog identifier "0684132672".
- catalog isFormatOf "Giant reptiles.".
- catalog issued "1973".
- catalog issued "c1973.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Scribner,".
- catalog relation "Giant reptiles.".
- catalog subject "QL641 .M5".
- catalog subject "Reptiles.".
- catalog subject "Serpents Folklore.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Dinosaurs and other vanished giants -- Introducing the crocodilians. Crocodiles : alligators and caimans -- Crocodilian life patterns. Breeding and nesting ; Food and feeding habits ; Dens and burrows ; Natural enemies and friends -- Crocodilians and man. Attacks on man ; Crocodile hunting ; Utilization by man ; Conservation -- Myths about crocodilians. Mister Peacock ; Fatima's favorite toy; Ancient Egypt and contemporary Africa ; Damsels and dragons ; The Wani and the Son of Heaven ; Other crocodile-human kingships ; Crocodiles remembered ; Dragons of the Far East -- Turtles around the world. Turtles of the sea ; Migration ; Nesting and breeding ; Turtles in trouble ; Disposition -- The big freshwater turtles. The softshells ; Snapping turtles ; Batagurs and other river turtles -- Giant land tortoises -- Legendary turtles. The Mediterranean basin ; India and the Far East ; North America -- The great lizards. Monitors ; Iguanas -- Snakes : the big five and their relatives. The anaconda ; The reticulated python ; The African python ; The Indian python ; The amethystine python ; The boa constrictor and the smaller pythons -- Biology and behavior of boas and pythons. Reproduction ; Food, feeding, and growth ; Attacks on man ; Natural enemies -- Other large snakes. Shamans and their kin ; Venomous giants -- Snakes as leather, food, and medicine -- Snake mythology. Cosmic and Earth serpents ; The python of the sun ; Living gods ; Pythons from the dreaming ; East across the Pacific ; Nagas and Jogis ; How the python lost its venom ; Honorable-lords-serpents ; The phallic camudi -- Final reflections -- App. Geologic time chart of the evolution of reptiles ; Scientific names of reptiles mentioned in the text.".
- catalog title "Giant reptiles / Sherman A. Minton, Jr. and Madge Rutherford Minton.".
- catalog type "Folklore. fast".
- catalog type "text".