Some animals have developed astonishing techniques to hunt and kill their prey. From the humpback whale's bubble nets that capture hundreds of fish, to the komodo dragon's deadly saliva, the creatures featured in this book are equipped with hunting abilities that are unique and extraordinary. Find out more about these masters of predation and learn how evolution has shaped each animal's hunting strategy and killing technique. The Nature's Best series uses vivid, arresting photography paired with captivating animal encounters. It is a thrilling introduction to some of the basics of evolutionary theory.…mehr
Some animals have developed astonishing techniques to hunt and kill their prey. From the humpback whale's bubble nets that capture hundreds of fish, to the komodo dragon's deadly saliva, the creatures featured in this book are equipped with hunting abilities that are unique and extraordinary. Find out more about these masters of predation and learn how evolution has shaped each animal's hunting strategy and killing technique. The Nature's Best series uses vivid, arresting photography paired with captivating animal encounters. It is a thrilling introduction to some of the basics of evolutionary theory.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tom Jackson has been a writer for 20 years. He has written more than 80 books and contributed to hundreds more. Tom gets to write about a wide range of subjects, everything from axolotls to zoroastrianism. However, his specialties are natural history, technology and all things scientific. Tom spends his days finding fun ways of communicating these kinds of facts, new and old, to all age groups and reading abilities. Tom lives in Bristol, England, with his wife and three children. He studied zoology at Bristol University and has had spells working at the zoos in Jersey and Surrey. Tom has also worked as a conservationist, which saw him planting trees in Somerset, surveying Vietnamese jungle and rescuing wildlife from drought-ridden Zimbabwe. Writing jobs have also taken him to the Galápagos Islands, the Amazon rain forest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Nowadays, he can be found mainly in the attic.
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1: Great white shark 2: Praying mantis 3: Tiger 4: Antlion larva 5: Peregrine falcon 6: Death adder 7: Mongoose 8: Lion 9: Komodo dragon 10: Polar bear 11: Vampire bat 12: Great horned owl 13: Nile crocodile 14: River otter 15: Cone shell 16: Argentine horned frog
