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  My Brother's Famous Bottom Makes a Splash! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 112min

  Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of My Brother's Famous Bottom Makes a Splash by Jeremy Strong, read by Lee Ingleby. Nicholas and his family are off on holiday to Turkey! But with Cheese and Tomato causing chaos with stray tortoises, Dad having to be rescued by the lifeguard and Mum setting off the hotel sprinkler system with her belly dancing routine, rest and relaxation are not in the cards! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lee Ingleby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pauk/000946/bk_pauk_000946_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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• Today I Learned: Turtles/Tortoises

  Am I not turtle-y enough for the turtle club?

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  Dragons at Crumbling Castle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 248min

  Dragons have invaded Crumbling Castle, and all of King Arthur’s knights are either on holiday or visiting their grannies. It’s a disaster! Luckily, there’s a spare suit of armour and a very small boy called Ralph who’s willing to fill it. Together with Fortnight the Friday knight and Fossfiddle the wizard, Ralph sets out to defeat the fearsome fire-breathers. But there's a teeny weeny surprise in store.... Fourteen fantastically funny stories from master storyteller Sir Terry Pratchett, full of time travel and tortoises, monsters and mayhem! ‘So funny I dropped my spoon laughing!’ (King Arthur) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rhuk/001820/bk_rhuk_001820_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Lost Land of the Dodo (eBook, PDF)

  The Mascarene islands in the southern Indian Ocean - Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues - were once home to an extraordinary range of birds and reptiles. Evolving on these isolated volcanic islands in the absence of mammalian predators or competitors, the land was dominated by giant tortoises, parrots, skinks and geckos, burrowing boas, flightless rails & herons, and of course (in Mauritius) the Dodo. Uninhabited and only discovered in the 1500s, colonisation by European settlers in the 1600s led to dramatic changes in the ecology of the islands; the birds and tortoises were slaughtered indiscriminately while introduced rats, cats, pigs and monkeys destroyed their eggs, the once-extensive forests logged, and invasive introduced plants from all over the tropics devastated the ecosystem. The now-familiar icon of extinction, the Dodo, was gone from Mauritius within 50 years of human settlement, and over the next 150 years many of the Mascarenes' other native vertebrates followed suit. The product of over 30 years research by Anthony Cheke, Lost Land of the Dodo provides a comprehensive yet hugely enjoyable account of the story of the islands' changing ecology, interspersed with human stories, the islands' biogeographical anomalies, and much else. Many French publications, old and new, especially for Réunion, are discussed and referenced in English for the first time. The book is richly illustrated with maps and contemporary illustrations of the animals and their environment, many of which have rarely been reprinted before. Illustrated box texts look in detail at each extinct vertebrate species, while Julian Hume's superb colour plates bring many of the extinct birds to life. Lost Land of the Dodo provides the definitive account of this tragic yet remarkable fauna, and is a must-read for anyone interested in islands, their ecology and the history of our relationship with the world around us.

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  The Tortoise and the Hare: Sommer-Time Story Classics, Book 12 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 12min

  Everyone enjoys a spirited competition, but when the challenger is a big-headed braggart, it's easy to cheer for the underdog - or in this case - the under-tortoise. The colorful characters in this retelling of Aesop's beloved fable will tickle the fancy of any child. The forest animals are beyond tired of Harry Hare's boasting. So what if he is the fastest animal in the forest? Unfortunately, Teddy Tortoise is the only animal willing to race Harry Hare, but everyone knows that tortoises are not famous for their speed. What follows illustrates the benefits that can come from having the courage to try. Listeners will also gain a new appreciation for the saying, “Slow and steady wins the race”. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Carl Sommer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/023135/bk_acx0_023135_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Field Guide to East African Reptiles

  East Africa is home to a remarkable assemblage of reptiles, from crocodiles and chameleons to turtles and tortoises, lizards, worm-lizards, and a stunning array of snakes. The region is a true herpetological hot-spot. This fully revised edition of the classic field guide to the region's reptiles explores the full diversity of these animals. With updated text, detailed maps and more than 600 new photographs, this book includes every one of the 500 or so species in the region. All are described and mapped, with virtually every species accompanied by at least one colour photograph. Comprehensive and definitive, Field Guide to East African Reptiles is an essential tool for all naturalists, conservationists, educators, field workers, medical personnel and students in the region.

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  Leopard Geckos For Dummies

  A one-stop guide for understanding and raising this popular pet lizard Reptiles are now kept in one out of every seven pet homes, so it's no surprise that millions have gone gaga for geckos. This fun, easy-to-follow guide gives readers the scoop on caring for these colorful, gentle creatures, with savvy tips on everything from diet and exercise to housing and veterinary care. It covers how to properly handle a gecko, what to do if a gecko drops his tail, how to keep the right cage temperatures, ways to protect geckos from other pets, and where to find the best supplies. Liz Palika (Oceanside, CA) is an award-winning pet writer with more than 45 books to her credit, including Turtles & Tortoises For Dummies (0-7645-5313-5).

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  The Galapagos Islands: A Spiritual Journey (on Location) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 340min

  Best-selling author Brian D. McLaren followed his love of nature (specifically, tortoises) all the way to the Galapagos Islands. There, he paid close attention to the flora and fauna around him but also to what was happening within him, how the natural world awakened his soul in a way that organized religion could not. McLaren's descriptions of birds and reptiles, fish and flowers sing; he walks in the footsteps of Charles Darwin and grieves that Darwin has been demonized by his fellow Christians; and he reflects on how his own faith has evolved in the years since he left the pastorate. McLaren writes in the spirit of Aldo Leopold and Wendell Berry, weaving together the spiritual and the material. Even though most listeners will never visit the Galapagos Islands, they can travel with McLaren and experience the beauty and fragility of this extraordinary place. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Derek Dysart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/173833/bk_acx0_173833_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Galapagos Regained: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1101min

  James Morrow's Galpagos Regained centers on the fictional Chloe Bathurst, an unemployed Victorian actress who finds work on Charles Darwin's estate, nurturing the strange birds, exotic lizards, and giant tortoises he brought back from his trip around the world. When Chloe gets wind of the Great God Contest, sponsored by the Percy Bysshe Shelley Society - 10,000 pounds to the first petitioner who can prove or disprove the existence of a Supreme Being - she decides that Mr. Darwin's materialist theory of speciation might just do the trick. (If nature gave God nothing to do, maybe he was never around in the first place.) Before she knows it, her ambitions send her off on a wild adventure - a voyage by brigantine to Brazil, a steamboat trip up the Amazon, a hot-air balloon flight across the Andes - bound for the Galpagos archipelago, where she intends to collect the live specimens through which she might demonstrate evolutionary theory to the contest judges. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anna Parker-Naples. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022969/bk_adbl_022969_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  Something Big Has Been Here , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 47min

  The long-awaited companion to the best-selling The New Kid on the Block. "A wealth of funny new verse from a favorite poet. Prelutsky's comic muse is at its best here. Another winner." (Kirkus Reviews)"Prelutsky has done it again." (School Library Journal)Something big is right here!It is this book of wonderful, funny new poems by beloved children's poet Jack Prelutsky. If you've read or listened to The New Kid on the Block, you have some idea of the treat ahead. And if you haven't, all you have to do is start listening!Here are four vain and ancient tortoises, a rat of culture, Super Samson Simpson, a meat loaf that defies an ax, five flying hotdogs - and many, many more people, animals, and things that are destined to become part of the lives of everyone who loves to laugh.Say them, chant them, learn them by heart, or just listen to them - Jack Prelutsky's poems are incomparable. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack Prelutsky. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/001430/bk_harp_001430_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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