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Synopsis
For many animals, danger lurks in every corner of the rain forest. "Poisoners and Pretenders shows how nature has provided many animals with bright warning colors and camouflaged skin to help protect them from other hungry animals. Full color.
Synopsis
For many animals, danger lurks in every corner of the rainforest. From brightly colored poison-dart frogs, whose poison is used by hunters to tip their arrows, to snakes and spiders with venomous fangs that inflict instant death, Poisoners and Pretenders shows how nature has provided many of these animals with bright warning colors and camouflaged skin to help protect them from other hungry animals. - Danger beware - creepy caterpillars - spiders, scorpions, and centipedes - fearsome frogs - venomous snakes - bluffing it out - hide and seek