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The animal on the cover of Java Servlet and JSP Cookbook is a
fennec fox (Fennecus zerda), also known as the desert fox. Fennes
foxes live in arid sandy regions of northern Africa, the Sahara, the
Sinai Peninsula and Arabia and are one of the tiniest members of the
canine family (eight inches at the tallest and usually less than a
foot long). Their relatively huge ears and beady black eyes give them
a distinctive appearance. The fennec fox's bushy tail is
characteristic of most foxes, and a thick creamy coat camouflages them
in their sandy habitat.
Fennec foxes live in burrows and are nocturnal hunters, eating
plants, small rodents, birds and their eggs, lizards, and
insects. Their hearing is so acute that they can hear even the
smallest of prey walking across desert sand. These foxes often stalk
their prey and pounce upon it; their vertical leap is two feet high
and they can jump four feet horizontally from a standing position,
astounding feats for an animal of such small stature. They are rapid
and prolific diggers, known for "disappearing" into sand while
appearing to stand still. Some reports note that this species can dig
a 20-foot-long tunnel in one night!
The fennec fox is not listed as endangered, but is now
considered rare in some areas where it was once common. They have been
hunted extensively and are sometimes taken from the wild for the pet
trade.
Philip Dangler was the production editor and copyeditor for Java
Servlet and JSP Cookbook. Sarah Sherman and Matt Hutchinson were the
proofreaders. Reg Aubry and Mary Anne Weeks Mayo provided quality
control. Ellen Troutman Zaig wrote the index.
Emma Colby designed the cover of this book, based on a series
design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving
from Animate Creations, Volume One. Emma Colby produced the cover
layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.
Melanie Wang designed the interior layout, based on a series
design by David Futato. This book was converted Julie Hawks to
FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray,
Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML
technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka, the heading font is
Adobe Myriad Condensed, and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono
Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by
Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe
Photoshop 6. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher
Bing. This colophon was written by Philip Dangler.
The online edition of this book was created by the Safari
production group (John Chodacki, Becki Maisch, and Madeleine Newell)
using a set of Frame-to-XML conversion and cleanup tools written and
maintained by Erik Ray, Benn Salter, John Chodacki, and Jeff
Liggett.
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