Deadly!

By Nicola Davies

Illustrated by Neal Layton

Meet the animal kingdom's most competent killers!

Stabbing and strangling, poisoning and drowning, electrocuting, exploding, dive-bombing and even death by glueing! Throughout the animal kingdom, creatures great and small have evolved to become masters of murder: from dive-bombing peregrine falcons to exploding carpenter ants, from electric eels to spitting cobras. The ingenious and often hilarious means of survival that both predators and prey employ are entertainingly explored in this celebration of all things deadly. With fantastically funny illustrations by Neal Layton and highly original explanations and advice on how we can all peaceably share our world, this book cannot fail to enlighten and engross.

Categories: Non-Fiction

For readers aged: 8+

  • Publication details:
  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781406327137
  • Published: 01 Nov 2012
  • Price: £9.99
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  • Size: 150 x 240 mm
  • Pages: 64

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'Written in an informative conversational style, this book is enhanced by Neal Layton’s comic illustrations complete with speech bubbles and lashings of gore.' The Bookseller

'a book that expertly balances serious fact and silliness' CBI recommended reads of 2012

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