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The Hedgehog's Dilemma: A Tale of Obsession, Nostalgia, and the World's Most Charming Mammal by Hugh Warwick Publisher Comments A hilarious, baffling, and entertaining celebration of the worlds favorite rodent, the hedgehog. In The Hedgehogs Dilemma, Warwick gets to the bottom of the sudden boom in hedgehog popularity and examines the relationship between the hedgehog and man... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover 
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Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan Publisher Comments The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback with an all-new afterword by the author. Love them or loathe them, rats are here to stay-they are city dwellers as much as (or more than) we are, surviving on the effluvia of our society. In Rats,... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Beaver: Natural History of a Wetlands Engineer by Dietland Muller-schwarze Book News Annotation Mller -Schwarze (environmental and forest biology, State U. of New York School of Environmental Science and Forestry) and Sun (biology, Central Washington U.) have written a comprehensive survey of beavers. The text, which is scientifically rigorous... (read more) Your price: $37.00 New - Hardcover
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The North American Porcupine by Uldis Roze Book News Annotation Biologist Roze has spent 25 years tracking and studying the North American porcupine, a large-bodied, slow-moving herbivore found in much of the northern and western US and in Canada. His firsthand observations show how much can be learned by... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Meerkat Manor (08 Edition) by Clutton-brock Publisher Comments Written by the Cambridge professor who made them stars, Meerkat Manor is an exclusive, detailed look inside the lives of the Whiskers, the meerkat clan featured on the hit Animal Planet show. Behind-the-scenes detail provided by expert author Tim Clutton-... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Nuts about Squirrels: A Guide to Coexisting With--And Even Appreciating--Your Bushy-Tailed Friends by Richard E. Mallery Publisher Comments Any reader with a birdfeeder knows that the #1 enemy is the squirrel. No matter how expensive or elaborate the feeder, the pesky critters always find a way to fill their cheeks with seeds. Now, Nuts About Squirrels gives readers a better understanding of... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Platypus 4TH Edition by Tom Grant Publisher Comments Since it first became known to European scientists and naturalists in 1798, the platypus has been the subject of controversy, interest and absolute wonder. Found only in Australia, the platypus is a mammal that lays eggs but, like other mammals, it has... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $28.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rat: How the World's Most Notorious Rodent Clawed Its Way to the Top by Jerry Langton Publisher Comments From its origins in the swamps of Southeast Asia to its role in the medieval Black Death to its unshakeable niche in modern urban centers, the rat has incredible evolutionary advantages. Combining biology with history, and social commentary with... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Hardcover
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Prairie Dogs: Communication and Community in an Animal Society by Const Slobodchikoff Publisher Comments Constantine Slobodchikoff and colleagues synthesize the results of their long-running study of Gunnison’s prairie dogs (Cynomys gunnisoni), one of the keystone species of the short-grass prairie ecosystem. They set their research in the context of... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide by Richard W. Thorington Jr. and Katie Ferrell Publisher Comments This entertaining guide unveils the fascinating world of everyone's favorite backyard pest. A great resource for students, this book covers every detail-from the first squirrels of 36 million years ago to the wary critters stealing the acorns of today.... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Rabies, Lyme Disease, Hanta Virus: And Other Animal-Borne Human Diseases in the United States and Canada by E Lendell Cockrum Publisher Comments What every parent, householder, camper, hiker, fisherman and hunter needs to know. Dr. Lendell Cockrum explains how bats, rodents and rabbits infect humans with infectious and parasitic diseases and how to avoid them.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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In Beaver World by Enos A. Mills Publisher Comments Human workaholics who argue that it profits little to toil four days and take off Friday should look more closely at the beaver, which works less than half the time and enjoys long summer vacations. For Enos A. Mills, watching beavers was a lifelong... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Prairie Night: Black-Footed Ferrets and the Recovery of Endangered Species by Brian Miller Synopsis An insider's critique of endangered-species policy in action, Prairie Night combines an understanding of the biology and natural history of North America's most endangered mammal with a record of the often controversial decisions on how to save it.... (read more) List Price $37.50 Your price: $16.00 Used - Hardcover
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Opossums, Shrews, & Moles of British Columbia by David W Nagorsen Book News Annotation A 5.5x8.5" handbook on British Columbia's large population of shrews, moles, and opossums, providing general information on their biology, diet, anatomy, relations with humans, and conservation. Entries on each species include identifying... (read more) Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Rats Signed 1st Edition by Robert Sullivan Staff Pick Do not attempt this at home! Last time we heard from Sullivan, he was braving the polluted Meadowlands in a canoe. Now, in Rats, he shares his year of nights in a lower Manhattan alley, watching rats in their natural habitat to learn what he can about... (read more) Your price: $20.00 Used - Hardcover
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Squirrel Proofing Your Home & Garden by Rhonda Massing Hart Publisher Comments Defend your home and garden from squirrels! The bestselling author of Deer Proofing Your Yard and Garden helps homeowners battle one of nature's most wily and persistent creatures--squirrels--with a storehouse of environmentally responsible techniques... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Rodent Societies: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective by Jerry O Wolff Publisher Comments Rodent Societies synthesizes and integrates the current state of knowledge about the social behavior of rodents, providing ecological and evolutionary contexts for understanding their societies and highlighting emerging conservation and management... (read more) List Price $150.25 Your price: $133.33 New - Hardcover
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Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers by Henry Williamson List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants by Robert Sullivan Publisher Comments Thoreau went to Walden Pond to live simply in the wild and contemplate his own place in the world by observing nature. Robert Sullivan went to a disused, garbage-filled little alley in lower Manhattan to contemplate the city and its lesser-known... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover 
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