| Description |
126 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm |
| Contents |
African buffalo -- African giant swallowtail -- Africanised honey bee -- Alligator snapping turtle -- Asian giant hornet -- Australian magpie -- Bibron's stiletto snake -- Black marlin -- Blacklegged tick -- Blue dragon -- Blue-and-yellow macaw -- Boomslang -- Brazilian wandering spider -- Bulldog ant -- Cane toad -- Carnivorous caterpillar -- Chimpanzee -- Coffin ray -- Common hippopotamus -- Crown-of-thorns starfish -- Deer mouse -- Electric eel -- Flamboyant cuttlefish -- Geography cone-snail -- German cockroach -- Giant otter -- Gila monster -- Golden poison frog -- Goliath tigerfish -- Greater slow loris -- Greater weever fish -- Hooded pitohui -- Human botfly -- Indian red scorpion -- Irukandji jellyfish -- Kissing bug -- Komodo dragon -- Leopard seal -- Moose -- Mosaic crab -- Oriental rat flea -- Ostrich -- Pork tapewom -- Red-bellied piranha -- Red-headed mouse spider -- Red devil squid -- Red kangaroo -- Red lionfish -- Reef stonefish -- Rough-skinned newt -- Shortfin mako shark -- Six-spot burnet moth -- Southern blue-ringed octopus -- Spider-tailed horned viper -- Tasmania devil -- Tiger pufferfish -- Titan triggerfish -- Vampire bat -- Wolverine -- Yellow fever mosquito |
| Summary |
Dangerous animals get a bad rap, but this beautifully illustrated encyclopaedia helps us appreciate the incredible features of some of our more hair-raising animal species.With more than sixty of the most deadly and dangerous animals from across the world to explore, every page of this beautifully illustrated volume is more eye-opening than the last. You will learn interesting facts about these fascinating species, (many of which you won't have even known were deadly) such as how they have adapted to survive and whether we should be threatened by these animals or appreciate them for their incredible features. Children and adults alike will pore over the breathtaking scientific illustrations of unusual animals from the geography cone snail to the wolverine, the Irukandji jellyfish to the slow loris, debating their relative dangerous features, learning about science and nature along the way.This gorgeous hardcover book is illustrated in exquisite detail by award-winning author and illustrator, Sami Bayly. A brilliant companion to The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals |
| Notes |
Shortlisted by the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for the Children's Book of the Year 2021 Eve Pownall Award |
| Subject |
Dangerous animals -- Juvenile literature
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Dangerous animals -- Encyclopedias, Juvenile
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias.
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Juvenile works.
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| ISBN |
9780734420015 |
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0734420013 |
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