Do Tarantulas Have Teeth: Questions and Answers about Poisonous Creatures
Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger
Language: English
Pages: 48
ISBN: 0439148774
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Whether they've been stung by a bee or seen deadly animals at the zoo or on television, kids are fascinated by and afraid of poisonous creatures. This book explains everything about these animals, from how they produce their venom to how they've been used by humans to win wars and kill prisoners. Trivia-hungry readers will be amazed to learn that the king cobra can grow to a length of 18 feet and that some ants can use their poison to put out small fires.
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copperheads move more quietly than rattlesnakes, which often rattle their tails. 8 Western diamondback rattlesnakes 9 King cobra 10 Which is the largest poisonous animal in the world? The king cobra. This huge snake can grow to a length of 18 feet (5.5 m)—longer than a pickup truck. When threatened, it raises its head up to 4 feet (1.2 m) off the ground. Then it strikes its prey. The cobra then usually hangs on. It chews the venom deep into the wound, driving more and more of the poison
animal, such as a mouse, a bear, or a person. Then it can sting only once. The barbs hold the stinger in place. As the bee flies away, its stinger and poison gland rip out of its body. The bee dies within one hour. But the gland is still stuck in the victim’s wound, pumping poison. But suppose the bee stings a small insect. The bee does not lose its stinger. It can use it to sting again and again and again. What are killer bees? A nervous, quicker-to-sting kind of honeybee. Killer bees are a
animal, such as a mouse, a bear, or a person. Then it can sting only once. The barbs hold the stinger in place. As the bee flies away, its stinger and poison gland rip out of its body. The bee dies within one hour. But the gland is still stuck in the victim’s wound, pumping poison. But suppose the bee stings a small insect. The bee does not lose its stinger. It can use it to sting again and again and again. What are killer bees? A nervous, quicker-to-sting kind of honeybee. Killer bees are a
and yellow jackets both have yellow-and-black bodies. The bodies of most wasps are smooth, while bees generally are hairy. Female wasps and female bees have stingers on their rear end. And both mainly feed on the nectar of flowers. But wasps also attack bigger animals. A few kinds even kill and eat caterpillars and spiders. Can wasps sting more than once? Yes. Wasps have smooth stingers without barbs. They can pull the stinger out of the victim and sting more than once. Any animal or person
Portuguese man-of-war a jellyfish? Yes and no. The Portuguese man-of-war is related to the jellyfish. But it is not a single animal. The Portuguese man-of-war is a colony of tiny creatures living together as one. Beneath its body float deadly stinging tentacles loaded with poison “harpoons.” Each tentacle can be more than 30 feet (15 m) long. Wind and currents move the large blue body of the Portuguese man-of-war across the water. One Portuguese man-of-war can kill more than 20 fish at a time!
