The DANGEROUS WORLD Of BUTTERFLIES - Hardcover Book - Etsy Best Price! Fascinating Biology & Animal Trafficking Biography!
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The DANGEROUS WORLD Of BUTTERFLIES - Hardcover Book - Etsy Best Price!
Fascinating Biology & Animal Trafficking Biography!NEW condition hardcover book. Fascinating biology & animal trafficking biography! 100% happiness guaranteed! We ship fast & safe worldwide. See more details from publisher (below)...Purchases of $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping! Buy more from our store and save $$$.... SYNOPSISMoney, butterflies in fancy boxes, a tip that a smuggler might be in the midst of families introducing their children to the insect world - it's not quite James Bond, but close. Special Agent Newcomer went to work looking for Yoshi. Newcomer was working undercover, of course, dressed down in L.A. casual: jeans, a work shirt, and a worn baseball cap. With his young-looking face adorned by a a Fu Manchu mustache and his endearing smile, Newcomer - calling himself Ted Nelson - did not look like a bug cop. He found his prey fast.Turning from the Iraq War, author and journalist Laufer (Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq) decided to focus on the presumably innocuous business of butterflies. There, he found yet more violence, corruption and unanswered questions, resulting in another compelling all-angles examination. Fluttering across the globe for at least 40 million years, Lepidoptera face increasing threats in modern times, largely from habitat loss and pesticides. Amateur and professional butterfly experts weigh in on everything from art to conservation, breeding and butterfly sex to development and wing colors, as well as the meaning of their fascination for humans. Lepidopterology contains a surprising stack of unsolved mysteries, including the process of metamorphosis: what goes on in the chrysalis, in which every cell of the caterpillar's body liquefies before reconstituting into a butterfly, might as well be magic. Laufer also finds controversy in commercial breeding and discovers "worldwide criminal operations" in butterfly poaching and smuggling (in which driving species to near extinction is a standard practice for pushing up specimen prices). In casual prose, Laufer delivers an absorbing science lesson for fans of the colorful bugs.Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Lyons Press; 1 edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1599215551 ISBN-13: 978-1599215556 Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Fascinating Biology & Animal Trafficking Biography!NEW condition hardcover book. Fascinating biology & animal trafficking biography! 100% happiness guaranteed! We ship fast & safe worldwide. See more details from publisher (below)...Purchases of $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping! Buy more from our store and save $$$.... SYNOPSISMoney, butterflies in fancy boxes, a tip that a smuggler might be in the midst of families introducing their children to the insect world - it's not quite James Bond, but close. Special Agent Newcomer went to work looking for Yoshi. Newcomer was working undercover, of course, dressed down in L.A. casual: jeans, a work shirt, and a worn baseball cap. With his young-looking face adorned by a a Fu Manchu mustache and his endearing smile, Newcomer - calling himself Ted Nelson - did not look like a bug cop. He found his prey fast.Turning from the Iraq War, author and journalist Laufer (Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq) decided to focus on the presumably innocuous business of butterflies. There, he found yet more violence, corruption and unanswered questions, resulting in another compelling all-angles examination. Fluttering across the globe for at least 40 million years, Lepidoptera face increasing threats in modern times, largely from habitat loss and pesticides. Amateur and professional butterfly experts weigh in on everything from art to conservation, breeding and butterfly sex to development and wing colors, as well as the meaning of their fascination for humans. Lepidopterology contains a surprising stack of unsolved mysteries, including the process of metamorphosis: what goes on in the chrysalis, in which every cell of the caterpillar's body liquefies before reconstituting into a butterfly, might as well be magic. Laufer also finds controversy in commercial breeding and discovers "worldwide criminal operations" in butterfly poaching and smuggling (in which driving species to near extinction is a standard practice for pushing up specimen prices). In casual prose, Laufer delivers an absorbing science lesson for fans of the colorful bugs.Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Lyons Press; 1 edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 1599215551 ISBN-13: 978-1599215556 Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
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