Nature's Deadly Creatures - a Pop-up Exploration

by Frances Jones

Explore the habits and habitats of creatures that produce poison powerful enough to kill humans.Meet the zebra fish, the black widow spider, the king cobra, the scorpion, the Gila monster, the blue-ringed octopus, and some of their equally venomous relatives.Discover which has jaws with a viselike grip; which has deadly spines hidden along its graceful body; which injects a special liquid into its prey that dissolves the victim into a soupy mixture.This remarkable combination of startling, realistic pop-ups, superb nature photographs, and fact-filled text gives readers a fascinating, close-up view of the world's most deadly creatures.

13 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992