Reviews for Look at Snakes

The average rating for Look at Snakes based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-12-08 00:00:00 Mike Taylor I am so grateful that a local public library had not discarded this amazing old wildlife book. J. David Henry is such an engaging wildlife writer, and his subject is so fascinating. Foxes are cool, y'all! The book is mostly a report of Henry's field studies in Saskatchewan in the 1970s, which are interesting because he explains how he came up with his research questions, how he set up his experiments, and what he discovered. Sounds dry, but not the way he writes! He injects his discoveries with a dose of philosophy. For example, towards the end of the book he describes an incident where a fox he'd been researching for seven years (which he named My Friend) had caught a vole and played with it (as a cat does) for several minutes before bringing the vole back to its burrow and flicking it directly at the opening! He talks about how this changed his perception of the idea of animals being "programmed" to hunt and kill, but that he also has no explanation for it.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-01-07 00:00:00 Michael R Garvin Really enjoyable and informative book. One of the best studies of red foxes.