How To Hold Animals Toshimitsu Matsuhashi Angus Turvill Translation by Toshimitsu Matsuhashi, Angus Turvill (translation) 9781982155919, 9781982155933, 1982155914, 1982155930 instant download after payment.

Learn from the experts—a pet shop owner, a veterinarian, a wildlife photographer, & a reptile handler—how to pick up & hold dozens of species of animals, great & small, furry, scaly, & feathery, including snails, chipmunks, chickens, chinchillas, stag beetles, lizards, hamsters, owls, grasshoppers, mice, & more. 

Chock full of fascinating facts, interviews with experts, & full-color photos on every page, How to Hold Animals will delight & inform animal lovers of all stripes.

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Sometimes a beloved dog that you’ve taken care of for years nips at you when it’s not feeling well. A lizard that usually tolerates being held is suddenly aggressive or a snake that the encyclopedia describes as harmless bites you. Or, on the other hand, a spider known to be poisonous crawls right by you.
Every animal has its own particular characteristics—it’s not always simply a question of what species it is. However experienced you may be, however brave, however kind, however knowledgeable, when you hold an animal, you are holding an individual creature.
It’s important to hold animals in ways that not only keep us safe but also don’t harm the animals. Since we coexist with animals, & more often than not, it’s we who hold the animals, not the animals who hold us, we are responsible for the manner in which we come into direct contact with them.

Toshimitsu Matsuhashi

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After working for many years at an aquarium, Toshimitsu decided to become an animal photographer. He produces children’s books using his photos of wildlife.
He also runs animal-holding workshops to give children opportunities for coming into contact with animals.
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Additional photographs supplied by: Kaito Shimizu, Kenji Tamura, Shinta Kano, Itsumi Kano, Naoto Tokozumi, Hidemi Matsunae, Riona Hayakawa, Yui Shimizu.