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02392cam a2200421 a 4500 001 72C6E4D282A711DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 081209s2009 nyu b 000 0deng 010 $a 2008051234 020 $a 0393304574 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780393304572 (pbk.) 020 $a 0393068935 (hardcover) 020 $a 9780393068931 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)281090309 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d UKM $d UPZ $d C#P $d BWX $d ABG $d CDX $d CQU $d VP@ $d TBS $d ZPX $d IW9 $d SILO 050 00 $a QL100 $b .C66 2009 082 00 $a 590 $2 22 100 1 $a Conniff, Richard, $d 1951- 245 1 $a Swimming with piranhas at feeding time : $b my life doing dumb stuff with animals / $c Richard Conniff. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b W.W. Norton, $c c2009. 300 $a 299 p. ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-299). 505 0 $a Wild dogs -- Life on the web -- The value of a good name -- Lemurs in love -- Oneness with nature -- Bluebloods -- The King of Pain -- Life list -- Ghosts in the grasslands -- The enemy within -- The monkey mind -- Hummers -- Tucking ptarmigans strictly prohibited -- Family politics -- A little sneaky sex -- Swamp thing -- Backyard wildlife -- On the track of the cat -- Every ant on Earth at your fingertips -- Jelly bellies -- All piranhas want is a nice piece of tail -- Intimate friends -- In the realm of virtual reality. 520 $a Award-winning nature writer Richard Conniff takes the reader on a thrilling journey deep in to the domains of strange--and often dangerous--animals. His many ill-advised forays include: pulling a huge snapping turtle out of a Louisiana bayou, tracking leopards with iKung San hunters in the Namibian desert, and flinging chicken carcasses into piranha-infested waters to check how quickly they disappear before diving in himself. 650 0 $a Dangerous animals $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Animals $v Anecdotes. 600 10 $a Conniff, Richard, $d 1951- $x Travel. 941 $a 6 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722024314.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20170523013159.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824025226.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20151001031959.0 952 $l NGPB343 $d 20150402024725.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20100108071419.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=72C6E4D282A711DE820800E8A7D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search