An edition of Mother Nature is trying to kill you (2014)

Mother Nature is trying to kill you

a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world

First Touchstone hardcover edition.

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An edition of Mother Nature is trying to kill you (2014)

Mother Nature is trying to kill you

a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world

First Touchstone hardcover edition.

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  • 4 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

Using the seven deadly sins as a road map, Riskin offers dozens of jaw-dropping examples that illuminate how brutal nature can truly be and shows ways this deadly world has shaped us as humans and what our responsibilities are to this terrible, wonderful planet we call home.

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Touchstone
Language
English
Pages
260

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Subjects

Predatory animals, Predation (Biology), Predatory insects, NATURE, Parasites, General, Insects
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Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You: A Lively Tour Through the Dark Side of the Natural World
Jan 06, 2015, Touchstone
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Cover of: Mother Nature is trying to kill you
Mother Nature is trying to kill you: a lively tour through the dark side of the natural world
2014, Touchstone
in English - First Touchstone hardcover edition.
Cover of: Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You
Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You: A Lively Tour Through the Dark Side of the Natural World
2014, Touchstone
in English

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Georgia on my mind
Lions don't kill zebras. Zebras kill zebras
Meat robots screwing one another
over
Just another day in parasite paradise
Eat and be eaten
Of thieves and sneaker males
Venoms and extinctions
Rise up, meat robots.

Edition Notes

"A Touchstone book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-252) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
591.5/3
Library of Congress
QL758 .R57 2014, QL758.R57 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
260 pages ;
Number of pages
260

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL26482600M
ISBN 10
1476707545, 1476767130
ISBN 13
9781476707549, 9781476707563, 9781476767130
LCCN
2013032852
OCLC/WorldCat
852226598

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Work ID
OL17906760W

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