Poison Darts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Poison Darts write by Russ Finley. This book was released on 2004. Poison Darts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The first part of the book is a fictional story about a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting nature preserves around the world; the second part of the book is a collection of essays on the subjects of nature, human nature, evolutionary biology, and biodiversity.
Poison Arrows
Poison Arrows - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Poison Arrows write by David E. Jones. This book was released on 2009-06-03. Poison Arrows available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive survey of organic compounds used as poisons—on arrows and spears, in food, and even as insecticides—by numerous Native American tribes. Biological warfare is a menacing twenty-first-century issue, but its origins extend to antiquity. While the recorded use of toxins in warfare in some ancient populations is rarely disputed (the use of arsenical smoke in China, which dates to at least 1000 BC, for example) the use of “poison arrows” and other deadly substances by Native American groups has been fraught with contradiction. At last revealing clear documentation to support these theories, anthropologist David Jones transforms the realm of ethnobotany in Poison Arrows. Examining evidence within the few extant descriptive accounts of Native American warfare, along with grooved arrowheads and clues from botanical knowledge, Jones builds a solid case to indicate widespread and very effective use of many types of toxins. He argues that various groups applied them to not only warfare but also to hunting, and even as an early form of insect extermination. Culling extensive ethnological, historical, and archaeological data, Jones provides a thoroughly comprehensive survey of the use of ethnobotanical and entomological compounds applied in wide-ranging ways, including homicide and suicide. Although many narratives from the contact period in North America deny such uses, Jones now offers conclusive documentation to prove otherwise. A groundbreaking study of a subject that has been long overlooked, Poison Arrows imparts an extraordinary new perspective to the history of warfare, weaponry, and deadly human ingenuity. “A unique contribution to the field of American Indian ethnology. . . . This information has never been compiled before, and I doubt that many ethnologists in the field have ever suspected the extent to which poison was used among North American Indians. This book significantly extends our understanding.” —Wayne Van Horne, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Kennesaw State University
The Poison Dart Frog
The Poison Dart Frog - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Poison Dart Frog write by Laura Sullivan. This book was released on 2017-07-15. The Poison Dart Frog available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The poison dart frog is a colorful creature with a colorful history. Readers learn the ways man has used this amphibian, which is one of the most toxic creatures on earth, for good and for evil. They will also discover its lifecycle, where it lives, how it creates its poison, what it eats, and what eats it.
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs
Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs write by Adrienne Mayor. This book was released on 2008-12-30. Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, and Scorpion Bombs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "A comprehensive look at WMD's antecedents, from flamethrowers of the Peloponnesian War to plague-bearing booby traps.... Rich and entertaining." -Newsweek Featuring a new introduction by the author. Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease... are these terrifying agents and implements of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long shot. Weapons of biological and chemical warfare have been in use for thousands of years, and Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs, Adrienne Mayor's fascinating exploration of the origins of biological and unethical warfare draws extraordinary connections between the mythical worlds of Hercules and the Trojan War, the accounts of Herodotus and Thucydides, and modern methods of war and terrorism. Greek Fire, Poison Arrows & Scorpion Bombs will catapult readers into the dark and fascinating realm of ancient war and mythic treachery-and their devastating consequences.
Deadly Poison Dart Frogs
Deadly Poison Dart Frogs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Deadly Poison Dart Frogs write by Lincoln James. This book was released on 2011-08-01. Deadly Poison Dart Frogs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Poison dart frogs are cute and tiny. They come in many eye-catching colors. These colors, however, aren’t meant to make them attractive. The bright colors tell other animals that they shouldn’t try to eat them. These vibrant amphibians are covered with a deadly poison that makes predators very sick. It’s so strong that some Native American tribes even used it to make poison darts for hunting. Readers will surely enjoy getting up close to these small but deadly poison dart frogs.
