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Nature's Best: Hunters Tom Jackson

Nature's Best: Hunters By Tom Jackson

Nature's Best: Hunters by Tom Jackson


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Summary

Discover the animals with the most sophisticated and highly-developed survival techniques and how the process of evolution has helped perfect them.

Nature's Best: Hunters Summary

Nature's Best: Hunters by Tom Jackson

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 both unique and out-of-this-world.

Find out more about these masters of predation and learn how evolution has shaped each animal's hunting strategy and killing technique.

Vivid, arresting photography paired with captivating animal encounters make this book a thrilling introduction to some of the basics of evolutionary theory.

About Tom Jackson

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 Galapagos Islands, the Amazon rain forest, the coral reefs of Indonesia and the Sahara Desert. Nowadays, he can be found mainly in the attic.

Table of Contents

  • 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

Additional information

GOR007144665
9780750287982
0750287985
Nature's Best: Hunters by Tom Jackson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Hachette Children's Group
2015-08-27
32
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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