Venomous, how earth's deadliest creatures mastered biochemistry, Christie Wilcox
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Venomous, how earth's deadliest creatures mastered biochemistry, Christie Wilcox
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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Venomous
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bibliography
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949850571
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Christie Wilcox
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how earth's deadliest creatures mastered biochemistry
Summary
"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
Table Of 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
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