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1) Animals behaving badly: boozing bees, cheating chimps, dogs with guns, and other beastly true tales
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There's a lot that animals don't want you to know, and the better their public image, the worse their secrets are: gang-rapist dolphins; lazy, infanticidal lions; and, of course, our own dogs, who eat our money, set our houses on fire, and in more than one case, actually shoot their owners with guns.
Animals Behaving Badly shows that animals are just like us: gluttonous, selfish, violent, lustful, and always looking out for number one. Using
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Joe Pickett novels volume 24
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English
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"A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage--killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out to...
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I survived (Graphic novels) volume 2
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English
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In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in the Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the stories.
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[2008]
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140 pages : color illustrations, photographs ; 21 cm
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English
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"Spiders, snakes, bears and bats--they're out there but there's no reason to fear them. Things that bite takes a matter-of-fact look at more than 30 creatures of the Great Lakes region"--P [4] of cover.
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Mel se ha pasado toda su vida huyendo de los problemas. Si quiere sobrevivir está noche, deberá encontrar el valor para enfrentar sus miedos. Esta atrevida novela gráfica basada en los ataques de osos grises de 1967 cuenta la historia de uno de los episodios más trágicos en la historia de los parques nacionales de Estados Unidos: un verano del terror que cambió para siempre las concepciones de cómo pueden humanos y osos grises coexistir en...
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2022.
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147 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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No grizzly has ever killed a human in Glacier National Park before... until tonight. Eleven-year-old Melody Vega and her family come to Glacier every year. Mel loves it here-- the beautiful landscapes and wildlife make it easy to forget her real-world troubles. But this year is different. With Mom gone, every moment in the park is a reminder of the past. Then Mel comes face-to-face with a mighty grizzly. She knows basic bear safety: Don't turn your...
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From 14-year-old Joseph Dunn who was the lone survivor of the Shark Attacks of 1916, to 9-year-old Mike Kramer who, with the help of his quick-thinking parents, survived the Peshtigo fire of 1871 (which took place on the very same day in history as the Great Chicago Fire!), to the 13-year-old girl who survived a terrifying attack by a box jellyfish, this is a collection of unforgettable narrative non-fiction stories of unimaginable destruction --...
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Early one morning in the remote hill country of Texas, a panther savagely attacks a family of homesteaders, mauling a young girl named Samantha and killing her mother, whose final act is to save her daughter's life. Samantha and her half brother, Benjamin, survive, but she is left traumatized, her face horribly scarred. The Which Way Tree is the story of Samantha's unshakeable resolve to stalk and kill the infamous panther, rumored across the Rio...
11) Zoo: Season one
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[2015]
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4 videodiscs (9 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A global thriller about a wave of violent animal attacks against humans sweeping the planet. Jackson Oz, a young, renegade American zoologist who spends his days running safaris in the wilds of Africa, notices the strange behavior of the animals. As the assaults become more cunning, coordinated and ferocious, he is thrust into the race to unlock the mystery of the pandemic before there's no place left for people to hide.
13) Crocodile attack
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Extreme adventures volume 1
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2010.
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121 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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When the robber who has kidnapped Sam Fox and his two-year-old cousin Nissa crashes his car into the Crocodile River, Sam struggles to protect himself and Nissa from the danger all around them.
14) Zoo: Season two
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[2016]
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4 videodiscs (9 hr., 4 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Animals have been hunted, enslaved, and slaughtered by humans for millennia ... now it's their turn! What started as a string of animal attacks hasevolved into a global war between beast and man, but when maverick zoologist Jackson Oz and his team uncover a secret plan to exterminate all wildlife on the planet, they learn that humans are still the most dangerous animal of all.
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[2017]
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4 videodiscs (565 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The year is now 2027 and the world has reached a tipping point! The human population continues to dwindle due to the sterility problem and a devastating threat rises in the form of "the hybrids," an army of unstoppable lab-made creatures who are hellbent on destroying mankind. Although the team has become estranged over the past decade, Jackson, Jamie, Abraham, Dariela and Logan are forced to overcome their differences and reunite when they learn...
20) Shark bait
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Extreme adventures volume 3
Pub. Date
2010.
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137 pages ; 20 cm.
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English
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Sam Fox is on vacation at the Great Barrier Reef, when he and a young Japanese tourist are swept off a coral shelf by a freak wave. Before they know it, a strong current has pushed them out into open water. First, Sam must fight to keep himself and his new friend from drowning. Then, as night falls over the inky black ocean, the underwater predators start moving in ...
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