Many animals are dangerous - to each other and to humans. A sharp-toothed shark can rip off an arm or a leg, a hunting tiger can kill with one bite to a neck, a spitting cobra can spray a stream of venom into the eyes of an enemy. Dangerous Animals is a dramatic exploration of the way animals live in their dangerous world. From the largest and most menacing to the smallest and seemingly harmless, animals have powerful weapons, such as teeth and claws, horns and hooves, fangs and stingers, and poisons and venoms, for ...
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Many animals are dangerous - to each other and to humans. A sharp-toothed shark can rip off an arm or a leg, a hunting tiger can kill with one bite to a neck, a spitting cobra can spray a stream of venom into the eyes of an enemy. Dangerous Animals is a dramatic exploration of the way animals live in their dangerous world. From the largest and most menacing to the smallest and seemingly harmless, animals have powerful weapons, such as teeth and claws, horns and hooves, fangs and stingers, and poisons and venoms, for capturing prey and fighting off predators. It also looks at the different situations where animals can be dangerous, and reveals that danger really depends on your point of view. Animals seldom single out people as prey, but people can become victims when they accidentally or intentionally threaten an animal. You may not think an ostrich is a dangerous animal, but a cornered ostrich is capable of killing with its kick. The words dangerous animals immediately suggest sharp teeth, great size or venomous fangs. But the mass murderers of the world are actually rats, blood-sucking mosquitoes, flies and ticks. And the most dang
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