Komodo, the Living DragonDIMI PRESS, 1997 - 173 עמודים This book is a very accurate account of the world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon (actually a monitor lizard). A bizarre beast, the Komodo is unchanged as a species for millions of years, yet was not discovered until this century! |
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Traveling to Komodo Island | 53 |
The Unhappy Beginning of Dragon Zoo | 75 |
Komodo Dragons in Modern Indonesia | 89 |
Komodo Dragons and the Modern Zoo | 103 |
The New Generation | 121 |
Hope for the Future 147 | 146 |
Cincinnati Zoo Maintains Current | 165 |
National Zoo Supports Field | 171 |
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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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