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Venomous animals

by Christine Rollard (writer), Catherine Vadon (writer)

Collection: Beaux livres

october 2024

Hardback book 215 x 245 format 160 pages In stock	28,50 €
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Summary

"Venom": this word terrifies as it evokes danger, pain, and even death. To capture their prey or defend themselves, many terrestrial and aquatic animals, in fresh or salt water, secrete and inoculate toxic substances. Each has its own mode of action: venomous cells of jellyfish, urticating hairs of certain spiders, venomous saliva of octopuses, not mentioning the stings, teeth, hooks and venom glands of fish, rays, snakes, insects and spiders, or the spurs of the platypus!

Through remarkable species, this book introduces us to the great diversity of inoculation devices, chemical compositions and biological activities of these venoms. In addition, cases of human envenomation are at the origin of the development of antidotes with incredible potential for new drugs. More than 150 spectacular or unusual photos take us to discover captivating animals, far from all studied, which never finish to amaze us.

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Introduction

Terrestrial venomous animals

Arachnids / Myriapods / Insects / Amphibians / Squamates / Mammals

Aquatic venomous animals

Jellyfishes, Physalia and other Cnidarians / Echinoderms / Polychaete Annelids / Mollusks / Fishes / Ocean Snakes / Platypus

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Language(s): French

Publisher: Éditions Quae

Edition: 1^st edition

Collection: Beaux livres

Published: 3 october 2024

Reference Hardback book: 02961

Reference eBook [PDF]: 02961NUM

Reference eBook [ePub]: 02961EPB

EAN13 Hardback book: 9782759239467

EAN13 eBook [PDF]: 9782759239474

EAN13 eBook [ePub]: 9782759239481

Interior: Colour

Format (in mm) Hardback book: 215 x 245

Pages count Hardback book: 160

Pages count eBook [PDF]: 160

Weight (in grammes): 820

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Size: 24 MB (PDF), 21.9 MB (ePub)

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