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"A Lesson on a Tortoise" and D. H. Lawrence\u27s earliest crisis of social identity

open access: yes, 1994
The short story "A Lesson on a Tortoise", written by D. H. Lawrence in 1909, has traditionally been disregarded by criticism as a very minor piece of work.
Conde Silvestre, Juan Camilo
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Giant tortoises [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2006
Powell, Jeffrey, Caccone, Adalgisa
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Early Pliocene Varanus (Squamata, Varanidae) remains from Megalo Emvolon, Thessaloniki, Greece

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 8, Page 2100-2123, August 2026.
The article describes new cranial and postcranial varanid material from Megalo Emvolon Lower Pliocene vertebrate fossil site near Thessaloniki. The fossils, likely representing a single individual, are referred to Varanus cf. marathonensis. Abstract This study describes new fossil varanid material from a recently discovered fossil spot (MVL site) at ...
Chara Drakopoulou   +3 more
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Tortoise

open access: yes, 2003
"Tortoises look and are old. They are the oldest of the living land reptiles, the surviving link between animal life in water and on land. Tortoise is the first cultural history of this long-lived and intriguing creature that has existed for more than ...
Young, Peter
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Ultrasound characterization of the coelomic cavity organs of the red-footed tortoise ( Chelonoidis carbonaria )

open access: yesCiência Rural
: Herein it was describe sonographic morphology and sintopy of the bowels of the coelomic cavity in the red-footed tortoise. Coelomic cavity of 19 males and 19 females were scanned through cervical and prefemoral access with a multifrequency sector ...
Yara Silva Meireles   +7 more
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The Use of Ultrasonography in Diagnostic Imaging of Reptiles

open access: yesFolia Veterinaria, 2016
The aim of this study was to obtain new knowledge and show the possibility of the use of ultrasonographic (USG) examinations in reptilian medicine. As reptiles are patients brought to veterinary clinic in smaller numbers, we focused on the indications ...
Urbanová D., Halán M.
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Searching for the beasts in the archive as methodological praxis

open access: yesGeographical Research, Volume 64, Issue 3, August 2026.
This article offers searching for the beasts in the archive as a methodological tool available to researchers invested in both anticolonialism and antianthropocentrism. By focusing on three basic units of reference—categories, histories, and borders—the article shows how searching for the beasts unsettles some taken‐for‐granted assumptions that ...
Senel Wanniarachchi
wiley   +1 more source

Tortoise Shell

open access: yes, 1970
Tortoise ShellThe Tortoise Shell is fast on the wing and so it is often hard to get a good look at this butterfly. Quite often four or five are seen together. Wings are brownish-black with deep orange markings.PRINTED ITEM W.J.

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New tick records in Rondônia, Western Brazilian Amazon Novos relatos de carrapatos em Rondônia, Amazônia ocidental brasileira

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2010
In the present study, we provide new tick records from Vilhena Municipality, in the Southeast of the State of Rondônia, Northern Brazil. Ticks collected from a capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris (Linnaeus), were identified as Amblyomma romitii Tonelli ...
Marcelo Bahia Labruna   +4 more
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Raising Giant Tortoises [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Captive breeding and rearing giant tortoises still represents a challenge and little scientific evidence is available on the requirements of juvenile and adult giant tortoises. Zoo veterinarians must know that developmental diseases are the main risk in the raising process.
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