Deadly Spiders


Book Description

With their unique ability to spin silk that is stronger than steel, spiders make cunning traps as well as beautiful webs. This book brings you up close to these brilliant engineers, aerial acrobats, and super-successful predators. Discover the trap-door spider that can pull 38 times its own weight, the diving bell spider that lives its whole life in water, the bird-dropping spider that is a master of disguise, and more! Learn some fascinating secrets about the world's most interesting—and deadly—spiders. You'll never look at your eight-legged friends the same way again!




Deadly Spiders and Scorpions


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Discover how each animal hunts, what it eats, and where it can be found. Most importantly, learn about the physical and behavioral adaptations that have made them supreme predators in their realms.




Deadly Spiders


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Describes the characteristics, behavior, diet, and habitat of various spiders, including the black widow and the brown recluse.




Deadly Spiders


Book Description

Looks at poisonous spiders, describing their physical features, habitats, ability to make silk, and the various ways they hunt their prey, including spinning webs, setting trapdoors, biting, spitting, camouflage, and mimicry.




Deadly Spider Bite!


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Fiona Donagh was asleep in her bed in New South Wales, Australia, when she felt something crawling up her body. She shook her leg, which turned out to be a big mistake. A frightened Australian funnel web spider plunged its fangs into her body, injecting her with toxic venom. Fiona developed a bright red rash and soon felt very ill. Would she get help in time? Learn all about venomous spiders in this engrossing new narrative nonfiction book for young readers. It’s packed with exciting wildlife encounters, cutting-edge science, and loads of info about venom and its deadly effects.




Deadly Spiders


Book Description

Describes the characteristics, behavior, diet, and habitat of various spiders, including the black widow and the brown recluse.




Deadly Spiders and Scorpions


Book Description

Examines the lives of deadly spiders and scorpions such as black widows, tarantulas, funnel-web spiders, and death stalkers, providing information about their physical characteristics, hunting behaviors, and mating rituals. Includes photographs and classification charts.




Deadly Black Widows


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A discussion of the black widow spider, the most dangerous kind of spider in the United States.







Poisonous Spiders


Book Description

Contains descriptions of thirteen species of poisonous spiders, detailing their physical appearances, behaviors, and habitats.