Every reptile and amphibian lover will enjoy this hilarious collection of warm-hearted revelations by herpers about their cold-blooded charges--snakes, lizards, frogs and turtles. If you. send out birth announcements for a hatching. cruise pet stores instead of the mall. feed the herps before the kids . then you'll laugh-out-loud at these off-the-cuff comments about what it's like to be a herper: the bugs and the worms . the bites and the mice . the escapes and the escapades!

What in the world is a Turtle Wife? It's a woman married to someone obsessed with nature's shelled wonders. Over the course of the book and many hilarious escapades Turtle Wife becomes turtle lover.