000324941 000__ 02735cam\a2200289Ia\4500 000324941 001__ 324941 000324941 005__ 20210513120550.0 000324941 008__ 071207t20082007mdua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\d 000324941 010__ $$a 2007931643 000324941 020__ $$a9780801888335 000324941 020__ $$a0801888336 000324941 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn183264054 000324941 035__ $$a324941 000324941 040__ $$aBTCTA$$cBTCTA$$dBAKER$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCQ$$dDLC$$dVP@$$dCGW$$dISE 000324941 049__ $$aISEA 000324941 05000 $$aQL100$$b.B34 2008 000324941 08204 $$a591.6/5$$222 000324941 1001_ $$aBackshall, Stephen. 000324941 24510 $$aVenomous animals of the world /$$cSteve Backshall. 000324941 260__ $$aBaltimore :$$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$$c2008, c2007. 000324941 300__ $$a160 p. :$$bcol. ill. ;$$c33 cm. 000324941 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 156) and index. 000324941 5050_ $$aBrutal toxin -- What is venom? -- The evolution of venom -- How venom works -- Overkill? Venom strength and power -- Valuable venom -- Antivenin: miracle antidote? -- What to do if you are bitten -- Myths about venom -- Facts and statistics -- Europe -- Violin, fiddleback and recluse spiders -- Fat-tailed scorpion -- Weeverfish -- Dog whelk -- Mauve stinger -- Black widow spiders -- European vipers -- Fire salamander -- Water shrew -- Water boatman -- Blister beetle or Spanish fly -- Devil's coach horse beetle -- Lepidoptera larvae -- North America -- Solenodon -- Bark scorpion -- Portuguese man-of-war -- Stingrays -- California newt -- Gila monster -- Beaded lizard -- Rattlesnakes -- Latin America -- Bushmaster -- Giant centipedes -- Brazilian wandering or Banana spider -- Tarantulas -- Poison dart frogs -- Tropical lanceheads -- Assassin bugs -- Bullet ant -- Tang or Surgeonfish -- Sponges -- Coral snakes -- 000324941 5050_ $$aAfrica -- Giant millipedes -- Killer bee -- Stonefish -- African bombardier beetle -- Lionfish, Zebrafish, Scorpionfish, Butterfly cod -- Scorpions -- Black mamba -- African cobras -- Puff adder -- Gaboon viper -- Australasia -- Box jellyfish -- Irukandji -- Sea anemones, corals and hydroids -- Australian paralysis tick -- Sydney funnel-web spider -- Redback spider -- Blue-ringed octopus -- Hooded pitohui -- Platypus -- Australian venomous snakes -- Cane toad -- Asia -- King cobra -- Other cobras -- Russell's viper -- Saw-scaled viper -- Deathstalker scorpion -- Crown-of-thorns starfish -- Red tides and Ciguatoxins -- Cone shells -- Pufferfish -- Yellow-bellied or Pelagic seasnake -- Slow loris -- Komodo dragon -- Asian giant hornet -- The future for venomous wildlife -- The pressure builds. 000324941 650_0 $$aPoisonous animals. 000324941 85200 $$bgen$$hQL100$$i.B34$$i2008 000324941 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007931643-b.html 000324941 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007931643-d.html 000324941 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:324941$$pGLOBAL_SET 000324941 980__ $$aBIB 000324941 980__ $$aBOOK