American alligator ancient predator in the modern world
A natural history of the American alligator. Having survived since the Mesozoic era, alligators teetered on the brink of extinction in the 1960s. Protected by legislative intervention, today's populations are closed monitored throughout their range. Ouchley examines the lessons we have learned about...
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Gainesville, FL :
University Press of Florida,
[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- Natural history. In the beginning
- Names and places
- "Their toes are five in number"
- To build an alligator
- Root hog, or die
- The human factor. First encounters
- Near fatal attraction
- A love/hate relationship
- "What good is it?"
- Afterword.
