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The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers

by Bryan Christy
RM44.27 MYR Now RM36.83 MYR Save 17% more
The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers - Thryft
The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers - Thryft

Cold-blooded crimes in a reptilian underworld.

If you're into wildlife tales with a dark twist, "The Lizard King" could be just the adventure you're looking for. It dives into a dangerous, serpentine world that's less about the animals and more about the humans behind illegal trades. The real-life stakes and undercover operations will likely grip you just as tightly as the constrictors featured within its pages. It's not just a story about crime; it's an exploration into obsession and the lengths people will go for passion and justice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World's Greatest Reptile Smugglers

by Bryan Christy
RM44.27 MYR Now RM36.83 MYR Save 17% more
ISBN: 9780446580953
Authors: Bryan Christy
Publisher: Twelve
Date of Publication: 2008-08-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Nature, Biographies & Memoirs, Science
Related Topics: Animals, Biography, Adventure, Ecology, Nature, Natural History
Goodreads rating: 3.93
(rated by 618 readers)

Description

Imagine The Sopranos, with snakes! The Lizard King is a fascinating account of a father and son family business suspected of smuggling reptiles, and the federal agent who tried to take them down. When Bryan Christy began to investigate the world of reptile smuggling, he had no idea what he would be in for. In the course of his research, he was bitten between the eyes by a blood python, chased by a mother alligator, and sprayed by a bird-eating tarantula. But perhaps more dangerous was coming face to face with Michael J. Van Nostrand, owner of Strictly Reptiles, a thriving family business in Hollywood, Florida. Van Nostrand imports as many as 300,000 iguanas each year (over half the total of America's most popular imported reptile), as well as hundreds of thousands of snakes, lizards, frogs, spiders, and scorpions. Van Nostrand was suspected of being a reptile smuggler by Special Agent Chip Bepler of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, who devoted years of his life in an obsessive quest to expose The Lizard King's cold-blooded crimes. How this cat-and-mouse game ended is engrossing and surprising.
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Cold-blooded crimes in a reptilian underworld.

If you're into wildlife tales with a dark twist, "The Lizard King" could be just the adventure you're looking for. It dives into a dangerous, serpentine world that's less about the animals and more about the humans behind illegal trades. The real-life stakes and undercover operations will likely grip you just as tightly as the constrictors featured within its pages. It's not just a story about crime; it's an exploration into obsession and the lengths people will go for passion and justice.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.