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101 Questions and Answers about Dangerous Animals.
by Seymour Simon.
Provides answers to 101 questions about the habits and behavior of a variety of wild animals considered to be dangerous and describes the most dangerous animal of all.

Armor to Venom: Animal Defenses.
by Phyllis Jean Perry.
Describes how animals survive by using their armor, camouflage, horns, stings, and other natural protective devices and strategies.

Beware! These Animals are Poison.
by Barbara Brenner.
Discusses various facts about poisonous animals with emphasis on how they deliver their venom to other animals as a means of survival.

Black Widow Spider.
by Nancy J. Nielsen.
Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, and natural environment of the black widow spider.

Blood-feeding Bugs and Beasts.
by L. Patricia Kite.
Presents information about such creatures as lice, chiggers, fleas, ticks, flies, and vampire bats.

Carnivorous Plants.
by Nancy J. Nielsen.
Describes various plants that prey on animals, including the Venus Fly Trap, bladderwort, and pitcher plant.

Exotic Invaders: Killer Bees, Fire Ants, and Other Alien Species and Infesting America!
by Jeanne M. Lesinski.
Describes five species that are not native to North America--the sea lamprey, fire ants, zebra mussels, European starlings, and African honey bees--and efforts to handle the problems their introduction has caused.

I Didn't Know That Some Snakes Spit Poison.
by Claire Llewellyn.
Provides information about different kinds of snakes, their physical characteristics, habits, and behavior.

Plants Bite Back!
by Richard Platt.
Introduces stinging plants, poisonous plants, and plants that eat animals.

Poison Dart Frogs.
by Jennifer Owings Dewey.
Jennifer Owings Dewey, who has had a lifetime fascination with frogs, shows different kinds of poison dart frogs in their rain-forest environment.

The Secretive Timber Rattlesnake.
by Bianca Lavies.
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the timid but venomous timber rattlesnake.

Tarantulas.
by Louise Martin.
Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the large hairy spiders whose bite is not as deadly as was once believed.

Venomous Animals.
by Edmund D. Brodie.
A guide to the major groups of venomous animals in the world describing their characteristics, natural habitat, and how they use their particular type of venom.

Vipers.
by Eric Ethan.
Describes what various types of vipers look like, what they eat, where they can be found, how they defend themselves, the danger from their bites, and the outlook for their future.

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