292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary
Venomologist Bryan Grieg Fry has one of the most dangerous jobs on earth: he works with its deadliest creatures. Hes been bitten by twenty-six poisonous snakes, stung by three stingrays, and survived a near-fatal scorpion sting while deep in the Amazon jungle. Hes 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 adventuresand dangernever stop.