team and discover the secrets of the animal kingdom as they reveal fascinating facts and killer statistics in their guide to fish, squid and jellyfish. Steve has circumnavigated the globe time and again, venturing into the Sinai desert , completing the Israeli paratroopers selection course, catching anacondas, vipers and cobras and (perhaps the best job ever) making “The Ten Great Dives of the World”, for the long-running series ‘Earthpulse’. His wide range of work has inspired the next generation of naturalists and has taken him to South East Asia.

It also shows how dangerous the animals are and where is lives, What it eats and tells you if the animal is threatened. Including the renowned, the unexpected and the downright bizarre, this companion book to Steve Backshall s high adrenaline tour of the world s most deadly is not to be missed. As they rescue tigers or mountain gorillas, thwart shark finners and cyanide fishers, rainforest exploiters and canned hunters, they come face to face with the world’s most fascinating, majestic and lethal creatures.

From lethal beauties to killer beasts, from the unseen to the unexpected, the one thing these creatures have in common is that they are all deadly. In 2003, Steve moved to the BBC’s Natural History Unit, where he took his place on the long running children’s wildlife programme ‘The Really Wild Show’. He has had his own season of programmes on Eden television channel alongside legends David Attenborough and Bruce Parry. Steve’s outdoor sports CV includes having climbed the sixth highest mountain in the world (Cho Oyu 8201m) as well as many other ascents around the globe.

Brilliant rich in detail book, about dangerous creatures that live upon our planet, i found this book very interesting, and learnt so much from within its page, this book is perfect for me, to find new characters to places within my own Ocean World science-fiction series. Steve Backshall's Deadly 60 accompanies the CBBC television series of the same name, and follows wild life expert Steve Backshall on a round the world trip to document sixty deadly creatures. Another marvellous episode is the first ascent of the Venezuelan sandstone massif, Tepuis, and sleeping out on the rockface for five days. Stunning colour photographs and exciting accounts of Steve's own encounters with some of these animals bring the world of natural venom alive He also looks at the science of natural toxins, and at how natural venoms are increasingly used in medicine and for the treatment of chronic disease in humans. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.Using cunning, cutting-edge technology and pure daring, they will defeat their enemy – once and for all. and these color photographs bring readers as close as theyd ever want to get to such dangerous game as Africa's Black Mamba, a snake whose lethal bite can kill an adult human in 15 minutes, and the mysterious, carnivorous Ghost Bat of northern Australia. Our team is made up of book lovers who are dedicated to sourcing and providing the best books for kids.