Life in a shell
Subtitle: a physiologist's view of a turtle
By: Donald C. Jackson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780674050341
Subjects: Comparative Physiology; Physiology; Turtles
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-169) and index.
Table of contents: title: The turtle's shell; title: Buoyancy; title: The breathing turtle; title: Tortuguero; title: Overwintering without breathing; title: Living without oxygen; title: The heart of a turtle; title: Life in the slow lane.