Title: Life in a shell : a physiologist's view of a turtle /
Authors: Jackson, Donald C., 1937-
Publisher: Harvard University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Physiology; Turtles Physiology.; Physiology, Comparative.; Turtles physiology
Abstract: Trundling along in essentially the same form for some 220 million years, turtles have seen dinosaurs come and go, mammals emerge, and humankind expand its dominion. Is it any wonder the persistent reptile bested the hare? In this book the author shares a lifetime of observation of this curious creature, allowing us to look under the shell of an animal at once so familiar and so strange.
Contents: The turtle's shell -- Buoyancy -- The breathing turtle -- Tortuguero -- Overwintering without breathing -- Living without oxygen -- The heart of a turtle -- Life in the slow lane.