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The Resource The rhino with glue-on shoes : and other surprising true stories of zoo vets and their patients, edited by Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mashima ; foreword by Jack Hanna

The rhino with glue-on shoes : and other surprising true stories of zoo vets and their patients, edited by Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mashima ; foreword by Jack Hanna

Label
The rhino with glue-on shoes : and other surprising true stories of zoo vets and their patients
Title
The rhino with glue-on shoes
Title remainder
and other surprising true stories of zoo vets and their patients
Statement of responsibility
edited by Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mashima ; foreword by Jack Hanna
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A collection of real-life stories journeys inside the world of zoo veterinarians, who recount their experiences with exotic zoo animals, from raising an orphaned baby beluga whale to helping an anorexic eel regain its appetite
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
636.089092/2
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
SF995.84
LC item number
.R45 2008
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
SF995.84
NAL item number
.R45 2008
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Spelman, Lucy H
  • Mashima, Ted Y
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Zoo veterinarians
  • Zoo animals
  • Zoo animals
  • Zoo veterinarians
Label
The rhino with glue-on shoes : and other surprising true stories of zoo vets and their patients, edited by Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mashima ; foreword by Jack Hanna
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Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Close connections -- Tough guy Hondo (the chimpanzee) -- The moray eel and the bartender -- Earring Boy (deer fawn) -- Kachina's bones (black bear) -- Raising Kayavak (beluga whale) -- Technology helps -- The rhino with glue-on shoes -- Pandas in their own land (Yaloda the giant panda) -- When whale sharks fly (Norton the whale shark) -- Patch (Australian hobby falcon) -- Anesthesia for a frog (Frances, he poison dart frog) -- Getting physical -- The recapture (bison/buffalo) -- A camel in the snow -- The bikers, the students, and the crocodile -- Tracking a snared elephant -- Partners in the mist: a close call (Rwanda mountain gorilla) -- The Katrina dolphins (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin) -- Puzzles and mysteries -- The limping Bengal tiger -- Sliced bananas in Jell-O (giant Pacific octopus) -- On the horn of a dilemma (rhinoceroses) -- The bugs have bugs? (beetles) -- Death of a lemur: an unsolved mystery -- Baker D (a Pacific bottlenose dolphin) -- Crossover -- Tulip (an orinda goldfish)-- Empathy (a red kangaroo) -- Polar bears STAT -- Water-breathing dragons (a weedy sea dragon) -- Amali's example (a Masai giraffe) -- Alfredito the hippo
Control code
ocn178282069
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xv, 310 pages
Isbn
9780385341462
Lccn
2007052635
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)178282069
Label
The rhino with glue-on shoes : and other surprising true stories of zoo vets and their patients, edited by Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mashima ; foreword by Jack Hanna
Link
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Close connections -- Tough guy Hondo (the chimpanzee) -- The moray eel and the bartender -- Earring Boy (deer fawn) -- Kachina's bones (black bear) -- Raising Kayavak (beluga whale) -- Technology helps -- The rhino with glue-on shoes -- Pandas in their own land (Yaloda the giant panda) -- When whale sharks fly (Norton the whale shark) -- Patch (Australian hobby falcon) -- Anesthesia for a frog (Frances, he poison dart frog) -- Getting physical -- The recapture (bison/buffalo) -- A camel in the snow -- The bikers, the students, and the crocodile -- Tracking a snared elephant -- Partners in the mist: a close call (Rwanda mountain gorilla) -- The Katrina dolphins (Atlantic bottlenose dolphin) -- Puzzles and mysteries -- The limping Bengal tiger -- Sliced bananas in Jell-O (giant Pacific octopus) -- On the horn of a dilemma (rhinoceroses) -- The bugs have bugs? (beetles) -- Death of a lemur: an unsolved mystery -- Baker D (a Pacific bottlenose dolphin) -- Crossover -- Tulip (an orinda goldfish)-- Empathy (a red kangaroo) -- Polar bears STAT -- Water-breathing dragons (a weedy sea dragon) -- Amali's example (a Masai giraffe) -- Alfredito the hippo
Control code
ocn178282069
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xv, 310 pages
Isbn
9780385341462
Lccn
2007052635
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)178282069

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