Their Blood Runs Cold: Adventures with Reptiles and Amphibians

by J. Whitfield Gibbons and Whit Gibbons

Book Overview

The essays and stories assembled in this book are good reading and they contribute new insights into the ecology of a little known and much maligned group of animals. Each of the eleven chapters... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081730133X
• ISBN13: 9780817301330
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

what a great book

I've read this book a dozen times and I laugh out loud - even knowing what's coming - every time. Warm, clever, informed and hilarious. Whit Gibbons is a treasure to field biologists and normal people alike.

You have no idea....

Just read the book and you will cry you laugh so hard. Just imagine being a student in his class like I am. It is the best class I have ever taken hands down. Whit is remarkably intellegent in all areas of herps and this book is a wonderful example of how dedicated he is to this passion.

I could envision myself in each scenario!

Whit has portrayed his adventures with herps with amazing wit. Each chapter begins with a narrative about an episode that his zest for "research" placed him in. I read a couple of different chapters to a friend over the phone (imagine an alligator in the cab of your truck!) and we both laughed so hard we were in tears. At the end of each tale is a lesson in sound zoology. Most field biologists will recognize themselves in this book.

Great book. Who'd think an herpatologist could be so funny?

Whit Gibbons gives a truly funny account of his time as a graduate student and professor, chasing reptiles through the southern US and abroad. It's funny, it's informative. This is no textbook, but rather tales of life and animal research.