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The Book of Deadly Animals by [Gordon Grice]

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Whether at a zoo, on a camping trip, or under our bedsheets, we are surrounded by animals. While most are perfectly harmless, it's the magnificent exceptions that populate The Book of Deadly Animals. Award-winning writer Gordon Grice takes readers on a tour of the animal kingdom—from grizzly bears to great white sharks, big cats to crocodiles. Every page overflows with astonishing facts about Earth's great predators and unforgettable stories of their encounters with humans, all delivered in Grice's signature dark comic style. Illustrated with awe-inspiring photographs of beasts and bugs, this wondrous work will horrify, delight, and amaze.

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January 31, 2012
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“Did he say repugnatorial gland? What a wealth of information Gordon Grice is, and what a fine, beguiling writer. This book is a must for anyone even remotely thinking of getting a monkey, a sea lion, or, heaven forbid, a dog.” (David Sedaris)

“When it comes to the most deadly animals on the planet it is best to be prepared! Forewarned is forearmed!” (Bear Grylls, host of Man vs. Wild)

“I read with my dog in my lap and my heart in my throat. It’s a wonderful, slightly terrifying, utterly captivating encounter with the animal world—not quite like anything I’ve ever read before.” (Elizabeth Gilbert)

“A fresh, strange, and wonderful new voice in American nature writing.” (Michael Pollan)

“Gordon Grice writes about animals with a wit that relies on tone of voice, his ironically exact diction and an instinct for analogy … he has a scholar’s precision and a fourth-grader’s enthusiasm.” (Michael Sims, The Washington Post)

“To weave the facts so artistically together as Mr. Grice has done takes considerable talent and a keenly felt interest.” (Meredith Greene, San Francisco Book Review)

“Grice tempers his book with grim humor, a genuine enthusiasm for the subject, and fascinating trivia (Herman Melville’s Moby Dick was based on an actual whale named Mocha Dick that terrorized the South Pacific). A gifted writer, Grice’s relentlessly detailed descriptions of the effects of spider and snake bites, as well as the outcome of tangling with pencil catfish or alligators, may make this rough going for the easily squeamish, but those with a fascination for wildlife will find this an informative and dramatic study.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Taps nicely into our enduring, awed fascination with nature’s predators and the popularity of TV shows such as The Crocodile Hunter. . . . Grice has been dubbed ‘the Stephen King of nature writers.'” (The Bookseller) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Gordon Grice has written for The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Discover, and Granta. His first book, The Red Hourglass: Lives of the Predators, won a Whiting Writers' Award and was named one of the Best Books of the Year by the Los Angeles Times and the New York Public Library. He lives in Wisconsin. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0064VPR5W
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Reprint edition (January 31, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 31, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 8053 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0241951291

Best Sellers Rank: #1,249,021 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #302 in Outdoor & Nature Reference
- #420 in Biological Science of Wildlife
- #481 in Curiosities & Wonders

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Gordon Grice has written about the dark corners of biology for The New Yorker (where he tackled the history of post-mortem dissections), Harper’s (black widow spiders), and Discover (leprosy). He also writes horror stories, including the Best of the ‘Net winner “The White Cat” and the Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror runner-up “Hide.”
He has taught the literature of horror at California Institute of Arts, the University of Minnesota, and the University of St. Thomas. He has also taught interdisciplinary courses on the science and literature of homicide and of man-eating animals.
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Heidi Prickett

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 8, 2022

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I read this book as soon as it arrived, which was quick. It is a little graphic, he talks about how bears will spread their feces over the crushed skull of their latest kill which is gross and how ostriches won't hesitate to kick and stomp a person to death. He makes his point though: all animals should be respected and he gives many interesting examples throughout the book when we, as humans make the mistake of treating wild animals as one of our own and not as they are, which is wild.

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Harold

Clinical but Interesting

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 22, 2013

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You have no idea how many times this book will come up in conversation. There are so many examples of how NOT to interact with animals that you just have to share them.

The only negative I can identify is that there is sometimes an academic-like feel. And despite riveting content, it sometimes felt like a chore to read.

But, one good story of how a tigress jumped a 15 foot moat to hunt people that antagonized her at the zoo, and you're back in.

Enjoy this book and share. I may never go to the zoo again!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 12, 2012

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I read an excerpt on Gizmodo the other day and was instantly enthralled with the subject. Who isn't at least somewhat interested in reading about deadly animals? Without previewing any more, I took a chance and ordered the paperback on a whim. The book arrived fast (gotta love amazon prime), and I've already read the first two chapters: Dogs and Bears. They're both well written, informative, and offer a thoughtful perspective on the animal groups themselves, as well as our perceived and actual interactions with them. I know this book will be a quick read as I already find it difficult to put down.

To sum it all up: well written, well researched, and very entertaining. Thank you.

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Alex Madden

Extremely Entertaining Anecdotes

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 2, 2014

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This book is not a novel and really has no flow to it, but instead is broken up into sections about different kinds of animals ranging from sharks to insects to wild cats. Each section has specific examples and a lot of new facts about each animal. Being an animal lover myself, it was great learning all this new stuff about animals and discovering just how impressive nature truly is. Perfect bathroom reading.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 15, 2015

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Satisfactory in whetting my appetite for more material in the same subject. He covered a lot of ground in this book and not so much detail.

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Fitness Lady

No boring! Interesting!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2017

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My son loves this book. He is highly scientific and wants to go into Biology. Great book for his interest.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2016

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The title says it all. A good book .

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 23, 2012

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A very informative and entertaining read. Grice's writing style is quick-witted and sharp, I found myself smiling even as I was reading about deadly animals gnawing people's faces off. I also now have a brand new fear of almost all animals with teeth.

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Dr S S Nagi (NYROBE)

THE BOOK OF DEADLY ANIMALS

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 29, 2014

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This book was first published in 2010, has 351 pages, 22 chapters, 80 B/W photos but no maps. The book is dedicated to author's family. GORDON GRICE was 6 years old when a cougar treed infront of their farmhouse. He started collecting specimens and wrote notebooks full of his observations and drawings of wildlife. He could sense that he was being watched by a predator or he was in some danger.
In USA, there are 4.7 million dog bites a year, out of which 800,000 seek medical help and about 12 die. In UK, 5 thousand post persons are attacked in 1 year, by the dogs. Most serious attacks involve little children and older people. Bending over, is a sign of weakness or submission, to an animal. The eyes and direct gaze, provoke an attack. Unsteady walk in the elderly and quavering voice, draw a challenge. The worse disease the dog/wolf family can pass to man is - RABIES.
The black bear may peel its victim like a banana, including humans. On land, a brown bear makes a formidable predator. Polar bear can weigh upto 1 ton and stand 12ft tall. The cats predatory behaviour is consistent across their sizes. Lions lie in ambush in low bushes. Grazing elephants cleared these bushes. Killing the elephants, lead to lion attacks. Captive lions are just as dangerous as tigers. Leopard is known to strike humans in the dark and take sleeping people from their homes. The cougar also takes humans in the Americas. Captive or pet cats can also attack humans. Hyenas attack humans when they are asleep. The Maasai are quite aware of this persistent hyena, who likes to break through the Boma.
Sharks, stingrays and jelly fish kill people. An under-reported 40,000 people die of snake bites annually worldwide. The cobra kills 20,000 people in India every year. The King Cobra can reach 20ft in length and it only eats other snakes. All 4 kinds of Mamba snakes are aggressive and dangerous. The most potent venom is discovered in a 'Inland Taipan' (fierce snake) in Australia. Out of 122 kinds of viper snakes, the Russell's viper is the most frequent human killer. In Africa, the Puff Adder viper kills more frequently. In North America, the western diamond back rattle snake kills more humans. The constrictor pythons kill people usually in the western homes.
The crocodile injures its victims by biting, shaking, rolling and crushing. Despite warnings, people still enter rivers and lakes in the wilds, where they depend on water for food, drink and livelihood. The Komodo dragon, many spiders and scorpions, can kill humans in the wilds.
Deer can cause injuries and death with their antlers. Car collision with deer causes many deaths on USA roads. Most dangerous of all buffaloes, is the cape or water buffalo of Africa. Horned animals like the Sable, black and white rhino, can give severe injuries and kill humans. More people die of hippo charges than any other animal in Africa. Elephants have killed humans by tusking, trampling, kicking, crushing and tossing. Monkeys with sharp teeth can inflict serious injuries. Baboons are known to kill children.
This book contains many short stories about animal attacks on humans. It shows that, no matter how much we may love wild animals, they are not our friends.
Some other books of interest are:-
(1) Man-eater of Kumaon, Jim Corbett, 1944
(2) Dangerous to Man, Caras, 1964
(3) Man is Prey, Clarke, 1969
(4) Maneaters, Capstick, 1981
(5) Desperate Journeys, Abandoned Souls, Leslie, 1987
(6) Spell of the Tiger, Montgomery, 1995
(7) Spineless Wonders, Conniff, 1996
(8) Hunter and Hunted, Kruuk, 2002
(9) Mammoth Book of Maneaters, MacCormick, 2003
(10)Killer Animals, Ricciuti, 2003
(11)Man the Hunted, Sussman, 2005
Having born in Kenya, I enjoyed reading this book.

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phyliss

Three Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 23, 2016

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Kohai

Interessant aber langatmig

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on June 26, 2014

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Gordon Grice macht einen Ausflug der etwas anderen Art ins Tierreich.
Sortiert nach Tierart schildert er gefährliche Vorfälle rund um die Tierwelt, teils selbst erlebt, teil historisch oder aktuell recherchiert. Dabei zeigt sich das Buch weniger reißerisch und oberflächlich , wie die Zusammenfassung und die Textausschnitte befürchten lassen.
Grice geht objektiv an die einzelnen Vorfälle heran und kommt nie in die Versuchung, das Tier zur Bestie zu verklären, sondern behält immer die Beteiligung des Menschen an den teils tödlichen Zwischenfällen mit im Auge.

Die Geschichten sind durchaus interessant, wenn Grice sich aber quer durch das gesamte Tierreich arbeitet bis hin zu Spinnen, Käfern und Tausendfüsslern gibt es zwar ab und an ein leichtes Gruselgefühl, zu oft geraten die geschilderten Vorfälle, Hintergründe und persönlichen Erfahrungen einfach zu langatmig.

"The Book of deadly Animals" entpuppt sich als nettes Lesebuch in dem man mal kapitelweise schmökern kann.
Reale Gruselgeschichten mit hohem Blutanteil - wie es die Werbetexte teils vermuten lassen - finden sich in dem gut recherchierten und sehr sachlichen Buch zum Glück nicht,

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