Steve Backshall

Steve Backshall's Venom (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An exciting look at how various animals use venom for survival.

A wide variety of insects, reptiles and amphibians use toxins to subdue their prey or to stop becoming prey to another predator. Even some mammals and birds resort to poison as a means of securing a meal or deterring attack! From species such as the King Cobra, Lionfish, Fat-tail Scorpion and Poison Dart-frog to the diminutive but lethal Black Widow Spider, Venom takes a fascinating look at the different types of natural venoms.

TV presenter Steve Backshall needs no introduction following his performances on TV series such as Deadly 60 and Lost Land of ... On a tour of the world's continents, he looks at over 60 of the most venomous creatures, describing their main characteristics and explaining how they administer their venom and what its effects are.

Stunning colour photographs and exciting accounts of Steve's own encounters with some of these animals bring the world of natural venom alive.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472930279
• Artikelnr.: 48816231

Autorenporträt

Steve Backshall is a British naturalist, writer and television presenter. He has presented on Earth Pulse on the National Geographic channel, as well as the popular BBC children's' series The Really Wild Show and the primetime BBC series The One Show and the Expedition series, where he visited remote places such as Guyana, Alaska, St Kilda and Borneo. His latest series, Steve Backshall's Deadly 60, starts in Spring 2009. Steve has written Venom for New Holland and is also an author for the Rough Guide series.