Deadly kingdom
Subtitle: the book of dangerous animals
By: Gordon Grice
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Dial Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780385335621
Subjects: Dangerous animals
Description: Describes the author's life-long obsession with dangerous animals that prompted his amateur studies with virtually all dangerous creatures, from sharks and bears to alligators and spiders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-308) and index.
Table of contents: title: The carnivorids. Wolves, dogs, and their kin ; The bears ; The cats ; The hyenas ; Other carnivorids; title: Aquatic dangers. Sharks and their relatives ; The bony fish ; The whales ; An assortment of aquatic dangers; title: The reptiles and birds. The snakes ; The crocodilians ; The lizards ; The birds; title: The arthropods and worms. The arachnids and myriapods ; The insects ; The worms; title: Other mammals. The hoofed mammals ; The elephants ; The rodents ; The bats ; A miscellany of minor mammal dangers ; Monkeys, apes, and their kin.