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Author
Publisher
Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Biologist Christie Wilcox investigates and illuminates the animals of our nightmares, arguing that they hold the keys to a deeper understanding of evolution, adaptation, and immunity. She reveals just how venoms function and what they do to the human body. With Wilcox as our guide, we encounter a jellyfish with tentacles covered in stinging cells that can kill humans in minutes; a two-inch caterpillar with toxic bristles that trigger hemorrhaging;...
Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Venom brings readers face to face with some of the most dangerous creatures on the planet, including jellyfish, snakes, and wasps, as it uncovers the story of venom. The book explores how venom is used for predation, defense, competition, and communication by an incredible diversity of species. It examines the unique methods that these species have evolved to create and deliver their deadly toxins. The book traces venom back to its origin in early...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nova reveals how venom causes the body to shut down, arteries to bleed uncontrollably, and limbs to go black and die. But nature's most destructive and extreme poisons could contain the building blocks for a new generation of advanced drugs that could treat heart attack, stroke, diabetes, obesity, and cancer. Follow two scientists on their expeditions to track down and capture the planet's most deadly creatures, risking life and limb just to tease...
7) Venom
Author
Publisher
Darby Creek Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
96 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Learn about venom and the animals that produce it and use it to survive, including spiders, insects, snakes and other reptiles, frogs and toads, fish, and ocean invertebrates.
8) Fatal strike
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"There's a killer on the loose in Galveston, targeting law enforcement officials and using a fatal injection of snake venom to take them down. Authorities have reasons to believe the Veneno gang is behind the hits, and FBI Agents Leah Riesel and Jon Colbert team up to track down those responsible."--
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Venomologist Bryan Grieg Fry has one of the most dangerous jobs on earth: he works with its deadliest creatures. He's been bitten by twenty-six poisonous snakes, stung by three stingrays, and survived a near-fatal scorpion sting while deep in the Amazon jungle. He's also broken twenty-three bones, including breaking his back in three places and had to learn how to walk again. But when you research only the venom you yourself have collected, the adventures...
10) Venom
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[Blu-ray/DVD].
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of an alien symbiote that gives him a violent super alter-ego. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray + 1 DVD (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Separated from his fiancee Ann and in a rocky relationship with his symbiote, Eddie Brock's life appears to be in a downward spiral until renowned serial-killer Cletus Kasady insists he conduct an exclusive interview. Afterwards, Cletus is sharing his body with Carnage, an especially violent red symbiote that may be more powerful than Venom, who has "broken up" with Eddie and is searching for a new host while Cletus tears across the city looking to...
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