Photographs and text examine the unique features of amusement park rides and provide facts and information about the Singapore Flyer, the Giant Drop, Delirium, Jurassic Park: The Ride, Insano, and others.
Photographs and text share real-life stories of how firefighters use their quick thinking and special training to help people in emergency situations, describing their training, and examining the tools and equipment used by firefighters.
Discusses the behavior, habitat, physical characteristics,and unique features of reticulated pythons, and includes photographs and information on other long snakes.
Describes foods from various cultures that contain spiders, centipedes, or scorpions, such as roasted tarantulas from Thailand, raw golden orb web spiders from Laos, and scorpion soup from China.
Provides an overview of the Goliath bird-eating tarantula, describing its size, habitat, diet, life cycle, noises, and survival abilities, and includes brief details on other big arachnids.
Recounts the rivalry between two competing paleontologists, Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, and how their bitter feud eventually destroyed their careers.
