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Peterson, Dale.

Title Giraffe reflections / text by Dale Peterson ; photographs by Karl Ammann.

Publication Info.

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Rocky Hill - Downloadable Materials	EBSCO Ebook	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Spirits -- Chimeras -- Unicorns -- Zarafas -- Giraffids -- Bodies -- Behaviors -- Mothers -- Others -- Kinds.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	The most comprehensive book on giraffes to appear in the last fifty years, this volume presents a magnificent portrait of a group of animals who, in spite of their legendary elegance and astonishing gentleness, may not entirely survive this century. Dale Peterson's text provides a natural and cultural history of the world's tallest and second-biggest land animals, describing in detail their biology and behavior. He offers a new perspective on the giraffes' place in our world, and argues for the stronger protection of these imposing yet endangered creatures and their elusive forest r.
Subject	Giraffe.
	Giraffe -- Pictorial works.
	NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals.
	SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals.
	NATURE -- Animals -- General.
	Giraffe. (OCoLC)fst00942809
Genre/Form	Electronic book.
	Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
Added Author	Ammann, Karl.
Other Form:	Print version: Peterson, Dale. Giraffe reflections. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013 9780520266858 (DLC) 2012038611 (OCoLC)828054089
ISBN	9780520956964 (electronic bk.)
	0520956966 (electronic bk.)
	9781299677395 (electronic bk.)
	1299677398 (electronic bk.)

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