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Oklahoma radio talk

I'll be on Tulsa Public Radio stations KWGS-FM and KWTU-FM with host Rich Fisher tomorrow, Wed. the 26th, to talk about dangerous animals. The times are 11:30AM and 7:30PM.

Deadly Kingdom Reviewed

On True/Slant, Mark Dery has nice things to say about Deadly Kingdom and The Red Hourglass ("If Cormac McCarthy turned his hand to nature writing, the results might sound something like Grice."). More important, he has insightful things to say about human relations with the wider animal world. Don't miss his take on Timothy "Mr. Grizzly" Treadwell, the most famous bear victim of recent times.

Those dangerous fellows at the Animal Review have also weighed in on Deadly Kingdom. "An excellent, a...

Deadly Kingdom is Here!

Today's the official launch date for Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals. I hope you'll consider buying a copy. Actually, I hope you'll do more than consider it. We book lovers are often tortoises. Time moves slowly for us; we may take a while to get around to a book, and we're pretty sure we'll still be able to find a copy of it in a year or two.

But my friends at the publishing house are like mayflies. They live speedier lives. If they don't see some sales this week, they'll...

What Eats People, Part 13: Baboons

One of the more horrifying animal attacks I know of occurred in South Africa in 1964. A pet chacma baboon, which had escaped from its owner, stole a baby from its carriage. It bit through the baby's skull before the mother could stop it.
The method marks this as a predatory attack. Both yellow and chacma baboons have a history of occasionally preying on children. With enormous canine teeth and tremendous strength and agility, the largest male baboons are more than a match for any unarmed...

New Interview

There's an interview with me today on the UCLA Extension Writers' Program blog:http://uclaextensionwritersprogram.blogspot.com/2010/05/of-rattlesnakes-six-figure-book-deals.html

New Video: Bitten

Gordon Grice on rattlesnake bites.

Python in the Fence: The True Story

These stunning photos, taken at the Silent Valley Game Ranch in South Africa, have been circulating in email forwards with the following bogus story:

Seems a sheep farmer was puzzled about the disappearance of some sheep on his farm. After a few weeks the farmer decided to put up an electric fence.
About a week later, this is what he found!
Now, I know we've all heard of people being eaten by snakes & I bet most of us have said,
'If a snake tried to eat me, I'd blah, blah, blah & get away.'

New Animal Video: Far Afield

Classic animal art accompanied by the music of James Addison Conrad.

Deadly Merchandise

As you'll soon learn from the book version of Deadly Kingdom, the elephant knows more ways to kill a human than any other animal. A bunch of us were sitting around discussing this fact over coffee the other night (yes, I do throw the best parties) when we realized we needed coffee mugs celebrating elephant violence.

My own drawing stinks, so I bribed my eldest son, Parker. He sprang into action and invented Elgar, the Irritable Elephant. His first cartoon has Elgar threatening to squish...

New Video: Alligator

The crocodilians may be the deadliest predators in the Deadly Kingdom. A hint of things to come.