Danger!

189 Pages·2010·111.52 MB·English

by  DK Publishing

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HARRY“THE HISSSNAKE WATCH YOUR STEP!ALMOST 90,000 FATALITIES A YEAR FROM DEADLY SNAKEBITES HIS HISSING MIGHT GIVE THE GAME AWAY, BUT THIS SLIPPECUSTOMER IS ADEPT AT HIDING AND MIGHT CATCH YUNAWARES. NOT ALL SNAKES ARE DANGEROUS, BUT YWOULD NOT WANT TO MESS WITH A KING COBRA—ONE SINGBITE CAN KILL A FULLY GROWN ELEPHANT. IF YOU FIYOURSELF IN A WOODED AREA IN HIS NATIVE SOUTHEAST ASYOU WOULD BE ADVISED TO WATCH YOUR STEP.
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TY ER” ITO OT ACHTHS A YEAR NE MALARIA RITTER IS THE MOST. DO NOT BE DECEIVEKILLER CLAWS—THID, SPREADING DEADLM PERSON TO PERSOEVED TO BE AT LARGND THE WORLD.
MON“BUZZMOSQU DO NAPPROABOUT 1 MILLION DEAFROM MOSQUITO-BOR EVE IT OR NOT, THIS TINY CGEROUS ANIMAL ON THE PLANETS LACK OF SHARP TEETH OR ASITE FEEDS ON HUMAN BLOOASES SUCH AS MALARIA FROMERCILESS MOSQUITO IS BELIIN TROPICAL REGIONS AROU
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