Description |
191 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
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text rdacontent |
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unmediated rdamedia |
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volume rdacarrier |
Note |
"American Museum of Natural History"--Title page. |
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Includes index. |
Summary |
The curator of invetertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History provides a look at some of the world's most dangerous creatures, discussing their dangerous, sometimes lethal, and occasionally beneficial poisons. |
Contents |
Things one shouldn't touch. Joustiong knights ; Blue persuasion ; Father of the year ; Beetlemania ; Evolution is for the birds ; Babar's bar ; All that glisters ; Advice from a caterpillar ; Asymmentrical warfare ; Pincushions -- Things one shouldn't eat. Fowl passages ; One fish, toothish ; In a pickle briny ; Blistering bell-bottomed balderdash ; Hold my beer and watch this! -- Things that sting. Stinging criticism ; Taken to heart ; The glory of the sea ; Jelly belly ; First encounters ; Unlucky thirteen ; Stinging bullets -- Things that bite. Bad Bill ; Measure for mammal ; Red-green show ; Ticked off ; Patience ; Don't tread on me. |
Subject |
Poisonous animals.
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Poisonous animals -- Anecdotes.
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Poisonous animals. (OCoLC)fst01068156
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Genre/Form |
Anecdotes. (OCoLC)fst01423876
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Added Author |
American Museum of Natural History, sponsoring body.
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Added Title |
Sinister species with deadly consequences |
ISBN |
9781454907640 |
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1454907649 |
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