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Clarion Books, 2001-26-02

Snake Scientist

Snake Scientist

Scientists in the Field (Paperback)

Sy Montgomery, Author

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9780618111190

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Readers can learn about the mysterious emergence of thousands of red-sided garter snakes every year from a cave in Canada. Full-color photos.
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Keywords and Themes: Animals • Business & Economics • Canada • Careers • JNF003190 • JNF010000 • JNF011000 • JNF038040 • JNF051150 • Juvenile Nonfiction • Places • Reptiles & Amphibians • Science & Nature • Zoology

Age Range • 10-12

Pages • 48

Subjects • Research • Zoologists • Snakes • Garter snakes • Mason • Robert Thomas • Red-sided garter snake

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology • Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Reptiles & Amphibians • Juvenile Nonfiction | Business & Economics • Juvenile Nonfiction | Careers • Juvenile Nonfiction | Places | Canada

Dr. Robert Mason has been studying a mysterious phenomenon for over fifteen years: the reemergence of tens of thousands of red-sided garter snakes -- the world's largest concentration of snakes -- after a winter spent in a state of suspended animation in subterranean caverns.

This gathering each spring in the forests of Manitoba, Canada, is one of the most extraordinary events of the natural world and is the subject of study for Dr. Mason, a.k.a. the Snake Scientist.

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