Animals and Fishes Aquaterrari [Hardcover]

Robert Sprackland (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: TFH Publications (February 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793801257
• ISBN-13: 978-0793801251
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,664,230 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I have never met a lizard I didn't like. A very few seemed to actively dislike me, or so I inferred when they bit me. But all those bites were minor things of no consequence. On the other hand, I have never been bitten by a snake, which I think is quite an accomplishment because I've been working with reptiles since 1958. To this day I am amazed by people who brag -- brag! -- about how many times they've "done been bit" by venomous snakes. Can you imagine the equivalent claim by a person in a different activity: "I done crashed my car 15 times," or "I done took out the wrong kidney 12 times," or even "I done caught my foot in the lawnmower... well, once."

You've got to give reptiles a lot of credit. After all they've been here hundreds of times longer than us, and despite everything we've done to the natural world, they are still here. They have survived the rise and fall of the dinosaurs, the moving of the continents, worldwide volcanoes, extremes in global temperature, and the Nixon administration. I wonder if, someday, the human record will be nearly as impressive...

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Typical TFH publication..., September 27, 2001

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D. Connor (New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Animals and Fishes Aquaterrari (Hardcover)

Very shiny pages with nice glossy pictures. Unfortunately I had to peel every page apart because they seemed to be glued together. Only a few ripped...

Anyway, typical TFH- given the beautiful vivariums some people are currently making this is a big letdown. Very little real useful information, what is there is very outdated. Lots of glossy pictures of products (look, an aquarium heater!) and some nice pics of amphibians.

Very little good info on setting up aquaterrariums. A lot of the pictures are gravel filled tanks with posters stuck back of beautiful aquariums! Jeeze, who needs to see that?

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Written to unite terrarium animals with lessons in biology, October 30, 1997

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This review is from: Animals and Fishes Aquaterrari (Hardcover)

For teachers, parents, and anyone who has had to house small local creatures and try to keep them alive. AQUATERRARIUMS links real biological concepts with the how and why of small animal caretaking. Covers topics of ecology, physiology, behavior, and diversity in standard English. Lavishly illustrated with color.