5 Hours of Herps

Sunday, April 13, the critically acclaimed TV Series -“Life in Cold Blood” begins airing at 8 P.M. EST, on the Animal Planet Cable Channel. (Check your local listings for exact time.) But don’t wait. Prep yourself for the herp experience of a lifetime. Buy the accompanying book “Life in Cold Blood” by the series’ creator and narrator the world-renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough. Go to the official BBC website http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/lifeincoldblood/ See amazing clips from the series, learn how they were filmed, many for the first time: Nine supposedly docile green sea turtles fighting over the right to mate with one female, the female almost drowning in the process, anaconda and shingleback skinks giving live birth, skin- eating caecilians, jousting tortoises, salt-water crocodiles and more. The book, with its over 200 color photos is only $29.95 plus $7.00 for shipping and handling to anywhere in the U.S. (Outside of the U.S. contact Herpdigest http://www.herpdigest.org for a quote on shipping costs. You can order it by: Check- make out the check to Herpdigest, and send it to HerpDigest/A. Salzberg/67-87 Booth Street __5B/Forest Hills, NY 11375 PayPal, Our account is asalzberg@… Credit card __We only accept Master or Visa card. Send us you cc number, expiration date and of course billing address, and if different shipping address. (For safety sake, split the credit card number in two and send in different emails.) The TV series consists of five one-hour episodes, shown from April 13 to April 20th. The Oldest Creatures on the Planet They’re called “cold-blooded,” but thermal cameras reveal that reptiles are really solar-powered. Welcome to the world of lizards __ some that are social sunbathers, some that use plants as under-floor heaters, and some that choose only the “hottest” mates_literally! Land Invaders Amphibians __ from five-foot-long giant salamanders battling in Japanese rivers to the ultimate frog chorus in the Panamanian rainforest to the beautiful golden frog that communicates by semaphore. Dragons Go across the globe to meet lizards that flash and wave; chameleons that joust with their horns; social lizards that live in families; and lizard lotharios that display in technicolor to every passing female. And discover the tender side of lizard life. Serpents They can travel underground, over land, across water, up trees and even through the air with consummate ease __ the ultimate “off road” animals. Armoured Giants Crocodiles and turtles. In Australia salt-water crocodiles, in the highest densities on earth crowd a river-run, jaws agape and jostling for position as they fish for mullet, like bears fishing for salmon. And giant tortoises from Galapagos, sea turtles, snake-necks, turtles from all over the world. Mark your calendar, set your recorder, buy the book, experience truly the first herp multi-media experience