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A field guide to 60 dinosaurs and prehistoric animals that once lived in what is now North America. Featuring stunning illustrations of each animal by world-famous artist Sergey Krosovskiy and based on the latest paleontogical research, this book provides information about the where and when the animals lived, what they ate, and more.
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Learn Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals
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Connecticut • Delaware • District of Columbia • Indiana • Illinois • Maine
Massachusetts • Maryland • Michigan • New Hampshire • New Jersey
New York • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • Vermont • Wisconsin
Whether you're digging for the first time or are an experienced rockhound or "prospector," with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you...
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Colchester Zoo is today one of the finest zoos in Britain. Yet, unlike almost every other major zoo in the country, Colchester Zoo has never had its story told – until now. The forgotten figures of Frank and Helena Farrar are here brought to life once again in these pages which show how they founded firstly Southport Zoo in the 1950s and then Colchester Zoo in the 1960s. Told here is the story of how Frank and Helena's domestic life with their lions...
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Updated 5th Edition with new sites & museums!
Learn Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals
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Arizona • California • Colorado • Hawaii • Kansas
Nevada • New Mexico • Oklahoma • Texas • Utah
Whether you're digging for the first time or are an experienced rock hound or "prospector," with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich... or at the very least, have fun trying.
This guide...
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Updated 6th edition with new sites & museums!
Learn Where & How to Dig, Pan and Mine Your Own Gems & Minerals
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Alaska • Idaho • Iowa • Minnesota • Montana • Nebraska
North Dakota • Oregon • South Dakota • Washington • Wyoming
Whether you're digging for the first time or are an experienced rockhound or "prospector," with a simple rock hammer and a little luck, you too can strike it rich ... or at the very least, have fun...
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When it comes to dinosaurs and other fascinating fossils, the U.S. has it all, from Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops to Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus. Dinosaur Destinations will help you find the best dinosaur sites near you and across the country. Visit a dinosaur dig site or a famous dinosaur track site and even make your own cast of fossilized tracks! With details about the nation's best dinosaur-related locales, you'll learn what fossils have...
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This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the birds exhibited at the Department of Zoology in the British Museum in 1910. With detailed descriptions of habitat, natural history, anatomy, and more, this volume will be of considerable interest to ornithologists and collectors of vintage ornithological literature. "Description of the Specimens in the Bird Gallery", "Saururae", "Ratitae", "Carinate", "Acromyodi", "Saururae", "Neornithes", "Rheiformes",...
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Zoos are important and popular tourist attractions. Spread around the world, they are typically located in major cities, with visitation levels comparable to other major attractions. Nature-based attractions constructed in artificial settings, they face the challenge of trying to balance potentially conflicting aims of conservation, education and entertainment. The best are continually developing fresh and effective techniques on visitor interpretation...
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This book presents a series of possible future scenarios in wildlife and animal tourism by combining critical thinking and imagination to stimulate reflection and ways forward. The future of wildlife tourism faces uncertainties that revolve around many factors, including climate change, mass wildlife extinction, human population growth, deforestation, sustainability and ethical assumptions. For wildlife tourism to meet these challenges, new ways of...
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