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48 p.
col. ill.
On cover: Projects, quizzes, fun facts, cartoons. Table of contents includes: Beware - venom! -- Why have venom? -- Venom or poison? -- Potent poisons -- Warning displays -- Venomous to who? -- Types of venom -- Delivering doses -- Jelly killer -- Venomous molluscs -- Insect slayers -- Dangerous spiders -- Scorpions and centipedes -- Stars and spines -- Venomous fish -- Snake strike! -- Lethal lizards -- Mammal bites and spurs -- Friends and enemies -- Most deadly -- Valuable venom.
Summary: This title takes a detailed look at why we find venomous creatures so frightfully fascinating. A huge variety of animals use toxins everyday - learn which ones are most ferocious in this book.
100 facts.