| What would you do if you saw a spider and didn't know whether it was venomous of not? In any given year, do humans kill more sharks or do sharks kill more humans?
In the book Nightmares of Nature, chapter one examines some of the 'tiny terrors' of nature, starting with leeches and lice that live on blood. It also includes a range of spiders, from scary but harmless to the top five dealiest.
Chapter two looks at snakes. It descrubes the two main ways snakes kill their victims: using fangs and venom, or by squeezing the life out of their prey.
Chapter three deals with the nightmares below the surface of the water, including moray eels, the camouflaged stonefish, deadly jelly fish, sharks and crocodiles. |
