The sea is a habitat alien to most reptiles, and the adaptation of sea snakes to a marine existence is a fascinating chapter in biology. Sea Snakes describes the varieties and distributions of sea snakes, how they go about their daily lives underwater, what they eat and what eats them, and how they reproduce and grow. It also discusses how sea snakes cope with excess salt and scarcity of freshwater, and how they adjust to diving at depth and enduring long periods without breathing. The nature of their venom and how it functions in subduing large, active prey is also explained. Sea snakes interact with humans both in beneficial and in harmful ways. Harold Heatwole explains these and also discusses how we can best share the world with these beautiful and marvelous creatures. The book contains 34 color photographs.
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Comprehensive read on bizzare creatures,
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This book covers all the aspects of sea snakes that one could hope for. Chapters cover distribution, biodiversity, natural history, feeding, enemies, population and community ecology, adaptations, venom and their interactions with humans. Includes large reference list at the end of book so that more in-depth and specific readings can be sought easily. Includes many drawings and black and white photographs along with some colour plates. Well written and fascinating!
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Unless you are looking for dry journalistic data, this is absolutely everything you could want to learn about these snakes. The information is both deep and broad. Given the scarcity of reader friendly material on Sea snakes, this book is exactly what was needed. Kudos
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