Steve Backshall's Deadly 60

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The book covers Steve’s travels across six continents in six months as he finds the 60 creatures that are most deadly in their world. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.

His fiction novel, Tiger Wars was the first in a series of four adventure stories, which was published in May 2012. The photography is fantastic - pictures of the Deadly 60 adourn every page and convey the beauty, magnificence and danger of the natural world. Packed with fascinating facts and drawing on Steve's own amazing experiences, this is the second fact-filled DEADLY guid. He has just six months to travel six continents and find 60 of the deadliest creatures on the planet for the 26-part Children’s BBC series of the same name which will air on BBC1 and the CBBC Channel.Another marvellous episode is the first ascent of the Venezuelan sandstone massif, Tepuis, and sleeping out on the rockface for five days. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins.

If a children's television series results in a high quality, well thought out book that inspires children to read then I am happy with that! It is full of exciting close up encounters with a plethora of species from the Brown Bear to the Mantis Shrimp, the Black Mamba to the Alligator Snapping Turtle. He has just six months to travel six continents and find 60 of the deadliest creatures on the planet for the 26-part Children's BBC series of the same name which will air on BBC1 and the CBBC Channel. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Packed with fascinating facts and drawing on Steve's own amazing experiences, this is the third Deadly factbook for Stev.

He travels the world to learn about the most inspiring animals, from boxing mantis shrimp to charging tigers.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Steve's encounters range from famous killers such as the Black Mamba and the North American Grizzly Bear to less well known but no less deadly animals.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. We work closely with publishers and authors to ensure that we offer the best books on the market for your child.