Wild Animals

Tom Jackson is a leading natural history writer based in the United Kingdom. As an author and contributor he has worked on more than 60 books. A zoology graduate from the University of Bristol, he has also worked as a zookeeper and in safari parks in Zimbabwe. Barry Madden is a lifelong resident of Norfolk, UK, where he developed a love for all things wild at an early age. He is an experienced writer, with over 300 published nature themed articles to his name. He has recently published a book Naturally Connected. Barry spends much of his time volunteering for conservation charities, using the skills gained through a lifetime of wildlife watching to inspire others to appreciate the natural wonders that surround us.

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• Introduction Section 1: Dangerous Animals African Elephant ; Cheetah ; Fat Tailed Scorpion; Chimpanzee ; Hippopotamus ; Lion ; Puff Adder ; Nile Crocodile; Asiatic Black Bear; Bengal Tiger; Box Jellyfish; Indian saw-scaled Viper; Stonefish; Komodo Dragon ; Snow Leopard; Leopard ; Reticulated Python ; Tiger Snake; Redback Spider; Saltwater Crocodile; Mexican Red-Kneed Spider ; Puma; American Alligator; Grizzly Bear; Polar Bear; Western Diamond Rattlesnake; Wolverine; Brazilian Wandering Spider; Black Caiman; Common Lancehead Snake; Green Anaconda; Golden Dart Frog; Harpy Eagle; Jaguar; Maned Wolf; Piranha; Strawberry Poison-Arrow Frog ; Brown Bear; Eurasian Lynx; Grey Wolf ; Siberian Tiger ; Wild Boar ; Bull Shark; Blue-Ringed Octopus ; Great White Shark; Lionfish; Puffer Fish; Orca; Portuguese Man-of-War ; Stingray Section 2: Endangered Animals Shoebill ; African Wild Ass ; African Wild Dog ; Secretarybird — Sagittarius ; Mandrill ; Aye- Aye ; Black Rhino ; Crowned sifaka ; Nile Lechwe; Mountain Gorilla ; Giraffe; Giant Panda; Asian Elephant ; Black crested gibbon; Clouded Leopard; Dhole; Double Wattled Cassowary; Bactrian Camel; Indian Vulture; Huon Tree Kangaroo; Golden Snub Nosed Monkey; Red Crowned Crane; Lion Tailed Macaque; Malleefowl; Long Footed Potoroo; Orang-utan; Philippine Eagle; Pika; Painted Terrapin; Red Panda; Prsewalski’s Horse; Pangolin; Caspian Seal; Rufous-headed Hornbill; Andean Cat; Black footed Ferret; Californian Condor ; Chinchilla; Flightless Comorant; Macaroni Penguin; Northern Pudu; Vancouver Island Marmot; Spectacled Bear; West Indian Manatee; White Throated Toucan; Steppe Eagle; European Sturgeon; Saiga; Red Breasted Goose; Iberian Lynx; Mediterranean Monk Seal; Blue Whale; Harbor Porpoise; Hector’s Dolphin; Sea Otter; Leatherback Turtle; Seahorse; Giant Tortoise; Dugong; Southern Bluefin Tuna; Ocean Sunfish; Sperm Whale Section 3: Strange Animals Giant Hornet; Honeybadger; Leaf insect; Siamese Fighting Fish; Siberian sturgeon; Tokay; Mudskipper; Proboscis Monkey; Giraffe Weevil; Hammer-headed Bat; Gerenuk; Marabou Stork; Aye Aye; African Fat Tailed Gecko; Aardvark; Emu; Duck Billed Platypus; Archerfish; Echidna; Kea; Weta; Kakapo; Koala; Laughing Kookaburra; Kiwi; Red Kangaroo; Sugar Glider; Thorny Devil; Wombat; Bullfrog; Beaver; African White Pelican; Alligator Snapping Turtle; Star Nosed Mole; Hellbender; Stinkpot; Monarch Butterfly; Thorn Bug; Alligator Gar; Axolotl; Hoatzin; Elephant Beetle; Capybara; Vicuna; Three-Toed Sloth; Surinam Toad; Vampire Bat; Red Howler Monkey; Common Chameleon; Common Cuckoo; Badger; Death’s Head Hawkmoth; Atlantic Puffin; Christmas Tree Worm; Dumbo Octopus; Giant Isopod; Pacific Hagfish; Leafy Seadragon; Cleaner Wrasse; Sea Anemone; Sea Spider; Narwhal; Nudibranch; Peacock Mantis Shrimp