The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature

by David Quammen

the Amazon river system contains one fifth of the total amount of river water on Earth.

In Mexico, at least until recently, more than a thousand humans died each year from scorpion stings.

“Take a sharp needle and jab it into your hand. Hold a match or a lighter to it for a couple hours. Then add the needles-and-pins sensation you have when a foot falls asleep. That’s what a bark scorpion sting feels like.”