Venomous
How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xiii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"Biologist Christie Wilcox investigates and illuminates the animals of our nightmares, arguing that they hold the keys to a deeper understanding of evolution, adaptation, and immunity. She reveals just how venoms function and what they do to the human body. With Wilcox as our guide, we encounter a jellyfish with tentacles covered in stinging cells that can kill humans in minutes; a two-inch caterpillar with toxic bristles that trigger hemorrhaging; and a stunning blue-ringed octopus capable of inducing total paralysis"--Dust jacket flap.
Contents:
Masters of physiology -- Death becomes them -- Of mongeese and men -- To the pain -- Bleed it out -- All the better to eat you with -- Don't move -- Mind games -- Lethal lifesavers.
ISBN:
9780374283377
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Life Wil | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.