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Venomous Animals: 300 Animals in Full Color
Featuring fascinating facts about some of the most remarkable animals on Earth, this guide introduces the major groups of venmous animals, including the most deadly species. Full-color illustrations throughout.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1989
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May 8, 2019
This is a Golden Guide from 1991 that teaches all about venomous animals including scorpions, fish, centipedes, insects, spiders, mammals and more. It's very easy to read with full-color, realistic illustrations. The guide is limited when it comes to the locations of the creatures, only sharing the continents they come from, and for some no location is given at all. Regardless, this is a great guide for children and adults interested in the different venomous creatures on earth. The entire family has enjoyed it over the years.
4.5****
4.5****
September 22, 2018
It's amazing!!!
April 11, 2021
No photographs, just beautiful hand-painted illustrations. Just the right amount of information, the interesting essentials, so that you get a comprehensive overview of all venomous animals in the world in a short 160 pages. Cool stuff includes:
Roman and Greek warriors reportedly threw pots of venomous snakes into the boats of their enemies.
Nemertean sea worms have a poisonous proboscis and some species can grow up to 100 feet long.
Tarantulas' bite is painful but not dangerous, they also push hair off their bum with their hind legs, which is a skin irritant.
"Scientists have determined the toxicity of some newts in mouse units (the amount of toxin needed to kill a 20-gram mouse in 10 minutes). Western newts have as much as 25,000 mouse units of toxin.[Western newts are from the west coast of the US and Canada, black with a red belly that look exactly like the ones I kept as pets when I was young, though those were called 'Chinese red-bellied newts']."
The platypus and echidnas (the only living species of egg-laying mammals, the monotremes) both have a venomous spurs in their hind legs - the platypus venom is strong enough it has been known to kill dogs.
Shrews have a paralyzing venom, they inject it into mice and other animals, storing them alive (but paralyzed) to eat later.
Hedgehogs (presumably not the ones found in the UK) protect themselves by anointing their spines with the venoms of other animals.
My only complaint is that this is a tiny pocket-sized book - it would be great at four times the size so you could really appreciate the illustrations.
Roman and Greek warriors reportedly threw pots of venomous snakes into the boats of their enemies.
Nemertean sea worms have a poisonous proboscis and some species can grow up to 100 feet long.
Tarantulas' bite is painful but not dangerous, they also push hair off their bum with their hind legs, which is a skin irritant.
"Scientists have determined the toxicity of some newts in mouse units (the amount of toxin needed to kill a 20-gram mouse in 10 minutes). Western newts have as much as 25,000 mouse units of toxin.[Western newts are from the west coast of the US and Canada, black with a red belly that look exactly like the ones I kept as pets when I was young, though those were called 'Chinese red-bellied newts']."
The platypus and echidnas (the only living species of egg-laying mammals, the monotremes) both have a venomous spurs in their hind legs - the platypus venom is strong enough it has been known to kill dogs.
Shrews have a paralyzing venom, they inject it into mice and other animals, storing them alive (but paralyzed) to eat later.
Hedgehogs (presumably not the ones found in the UK) protect themselves by anointing their spines with the venoms of other animals.
My only complaint is that this is a tiny pocket-sized book - it would be great at four times the size so you could really appreciate the illustrations.
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