01736cam a2200301 4500 99291746 TxAuBib 20120405120000.0 111007t20122010||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011040892 9780143120742 pbk. $15.00 0143120743 pbk. $15.00 (OCoLC)727703480 DLC DLC IG# BTCTA YDXCP BDX SPP TxAuBib Grice, Gordon, (Gordon D.) The book of deadly animals / Gordon Grice. New York : Penguin Books, 2012. ©2010. xxvii, 382 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Originally published under title: Deadly kingdom, New York : Dial Press, c2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-[363]) and index. The carnivorids. Wolves, dogs, and their kin ; The bears ; The cats ; The hyenas ; Other carnivorids -- Aquatic dangers. Sharks and their relatives ; The bony fish ; The whales ; An assortment of aquatic dangers -- The reptiles and birds. The snakes ; The crocodilians ; The lizards ; The birds -- The arthropods and worms. The arachnids and myriapods ; The insects ; The worms -- Other mammals. The hoofed mammals ; The elephants ; The rodents ; The bats ; A miscellany of minor mammal dangers ; Monkeys, apes, and their kin. Describes the author's life-long obsession with dangerous animals that prompted his amateur studies with virtually all dangerous creatures, from sharks and bears to alligators and spiders. 20120405. Dangerous animals. Deadly kingdom. TXKAR