Ultimate Killers (TPB)

by SteveLeonard (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  This text provides a portrait of the strength, speed, venom and tactics which wild animals employ to survive, from Komodo dragons to killer bees and mountain lions to great white sharks. Based on a television programme, the author pits his wits against some of the most intriguing and dangerous animals in the wild and performs dramatic feats to test their killing instincts. The challenges he undertakes include performing a sky-diving race against a peregrine falcon, kayaking with killer whales and working with Florida's alligator trappers.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.25

  Tied to the 6 x 30-minute BBC series, Ultimate Killers is presented by Steve Leonard (co-presenter of Vets in the Wild and Vets in Practice ). He and his crew travel the world in search of the deadliest animals - deadly in terms of their strength, speed, venom and pure killing ability. Steve swims with killer whales, stalks with lions, hunts out snakes, and dives with killer-jelly fish to let us experience, first-hand, the killers at work. The book provides a behind-the-scences diary of Steve's adventure with candid accounts of the trip accompanied by photos of him in action and lots of facts about the animals he meets. There is information given by experts - naturalists, game wardens, scientists - who come into close contact with the killers.