Download or read book Deadliest Animals written by Melissa Stewart and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore 12 species that you hope you'll never come across, from sharks, snakes, jellyfish, bears, tigers and mosquitoes.
Download or read book Deadly Venomous Animals written by Matt Doeden and published by ShockZone Deadly and Dangerous. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From snakes and spiders to snails and jellyfish, all sorts of animals carry deadly venom. And they're not afraid to use it. Bites and stings from these creatures bring pain, swelling, and even death! Find out where venomous animals lurk, and learn how a teeny tiny scorpion can take down a grown human. Just watch where you step along the way!
Download or read book Venomous written by Christie Wilcox and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling tale of encounters with nature’s masters of biochemistry From the coasts of Indonesia to the rainforests of Peru, venomous animals are everywhere—and often lurking out of sight. Humans have feared them for centuries, long considering them the assassins and pariahs of the natural world. Now, in Venomous, the biologist Christie Wilcox investigates and illuminates the animals of our nightmares, arguing that they hold the keys to a deeper understanding of evolution, adaptation, and immunity. She reveals just how venoms function and what they do to the human body. With Wilcox as our guide, we encounter a jellyfish with tentacles covered in stinging cells that can kill humans in minutes; a two-inch caterpillar with toxic bristles that trigger hemorrhaging; and a stunning blue-ringed octopus capable of inducing total paralysis. How do these animals go about their deadly work? How did they develop such intricate, potent toxins? Wilcox takes us around the world and down to the cellular level to find out. Throughout her journey, Wilcox meets the intrepid scientists who risk their lives studying these lethal beasts, as well as “self-immunizers” who deliberately expose themselves to snakebites. Along the way, she puts her own life on the line, narrowly avoiding being envenomated herself. Drawing on her own research, Wilcox explains how venom scientists are untangling the mechanisms of some of our most devastating diseases, and reports on pharmacologists who are already exploiting venoms to produce lifesaving drugs. We discover that venomous creatures are in fact keystone species that play crucial roles in their ecosystems and ours—and for this alone, they ought to be protected and appreciated. Thrilling and surprising at every turn, Venomous will change everything you thought you knew about the planet’s most dangerous animals.
Download or read book Deadly Kingdom written by Gordon D. Grice and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recalling his childhood encounter with a cougar on his family farm, the author of The Red Hourglass describes the life-long obsession with dangerous animals that prompted his amateur studies with virtually all dangerous creatures, from sharks and bears to alligators and spiders.
Download or read book Packed with Poison written by D. M. Souza and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the ocean, a box jellyfish dangles tentacles covered with venom-filled stingers. The jellyfish uses its stingers to kill its prey. But its venom can also kill humans within minutes. The brightly colored poison dart frog is deadly to humans too. Just a speck of its poison can kill a person. These two creatures are among the most venomous and poisonous animals in the world. How do animals use their poisons? When are humans in danger?
Download or read book Deadly Venomous Animals written by Matt Doeden and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From snakes and spiders to snails and jellyfish, all sorts of animals carry deadly venom. And they're not afraid to use it. Bites and stings from these creatures bring pain, swelling, and even death! Find out where venomous animals lurk, and learn how a teeny tiny scorpion can take down a grown human. Just watch where you step along the way!
Download or read book Venomous Animals of the World written by Steve Backshall and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venomous creatures such as snakes and spiders are the stuff of human nightmares. Yet toxins are a regular part of the animal world, an essential tool for hunting and defense. A surprising variety of insects, reptiles, and amphibians use venom in their daily lives, either to subdue their prey or to prevent falling victim to another predator. Precisely how many forms of wildlife are venomous is only now becoming clear. From the mighty King Cobra, which can reach over five meters in length, down to the diminutive but lethal Black Widow Spider, natural history expert Steve Backshall takes a fascinating look at more than 60 of the most venomous creatures across the world’s continents. Exciting accounts of Backshall’s personal encounters with some of nature's most dangerous animals help bring to life the world of natural venoms. He explains how different types of toxins work and highlights how some are used in medicine, including in the treatment of chronic disease in humans. A final chapter looks at the future for venomous wildlife and at why conservation measures are urgently required to ensure its continued survival. The first book of its kind on this fascinating subject, Venomous Animals of the World is illustrated throughout with stunning color photographs.
Download or read book Venomous Animals written by Edmund D. Brodie and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1991 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the major groups of venomous animals in the world describing their characteristics, natural habitat, and how they use their particular type of venom.
Download or read book Venom written by Ronald Jenner and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Venom brings readers face to face with some of the most dangerous creatures on the planet, including jellyfish, snakes, and wasps, as it uncovers the story of venom. The book explores how venom is used for predation, defense, competition, and communication by an incredible diversity of species. It examines the unique methods that these species have evolved to create and deliver their deadly toxins. The book traces venom back to its origin in early jellyfish and sea anemones, and reveals how venoms have evolved dozens of times independently all across the animal kingdom since that time. And finally, it examines the relationships between these dangerous creatures and humans. Humans have not only learned to live with them, but also to benefit from them: scientists increasingly are harnessing the power of venom to create new drugs, treatments, and anti-venoms.
Download or read book Deadliest written by Steve Jenkins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadliest! showcases some of the planet's most threatening creatures.
Download or read book The Top 10 Deadliest Animals in the World written by Larry Slawson and published by Larry Slawson. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook examines the top 10 deadliest animals in the world. It provides a direct analysis of each animal's behavioral pattern, venom toxicity (in relation to humans), as well as their general traits and characteristics.
Download or read book The Top 10 Most Dangerous Animals in the World written by Larry Slawson and published by Larry Slawson. This book was released on 2021-04-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook examines the 10 most dangerous (and deadly) animals on the planet. It provides a direct analysis of each animal's behavioral pattern, level of aggression, and potential for inflicting serious harm (including death) on the human population at large.
Download or read book Dangerous Animals written by Rebecca Gilpin and published by . This book was released on 2025-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes some animals dangerous? Which animals are the fastest? And biggest? How do they hunt? Why are people more dangerous to animals than animals are to people? Find out all the answers in this book, and more, with photographs, step-by-step illustrations, simple text and links to websites with video clips and activities.
Download or read book The World s Most Dangerous Animals written by Paul Mason and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2007 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces some of the world's most dangerous animals, including great white sharks, box jellyfish, and poison frogs.
Download or read book The Atlas of the World s Most Dangerous Animals written by Paula Hammond and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2010 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In vivid detail this atlas takes account of fifty of the most dangerous animals on earth.
Download or read book King Cobra written by Leon Gray and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the king cobra, describing its physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and the ways in which it defends itself against predators.
Download or read book Dangerous Animals written by Susan Lumpkin and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1995 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information about some of the ways various animals protect themselves.
