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Adrienne Mason’s The Nature of Spiders: Consummate Killers (Greystone Books $34.95)
A panda biography has sweet faces and endearing antics; a spider's story has the sex and violence. Stealthy, predatory, and alien only in a U.S. Immigration sense of the word, these fascinating creatures are described and illustrated in captivating detail in Adrienne Mason's The Nature of Spiders: Consummate Killers (Greystone Books $34.95).
If fear is a result of ignorance, arachnophobes should delve in this book. Mason writes clearly, introducing the different groups of spiders and giving solid scientific explanations for characteristics that might otherwise appear merely bizarre. Tales of hunting, courtship, web-spinning, and dispersal (some spiders float thousands of metres above the ground on parachutes of silk) fill the pages with surprise and enlightenment. Stunning photographs and line drawings make this a combination of coffee-table and reference book for all ages-for fans of all lifeforms on Earth, not just pandas. 1-55054-694-5
[BCBW SPRING 2000]
If fear is a result of ignorance, arachnophobes should delve in this book. Mason writes clearly, introducing the different groups of spiders and giving solid scientific explanations for characteristics that might otherwise appear merely bizarre. Tales of hunting, courtship, web-spinning, and dispersal (some spiders float thousands of metres above the ground on parachutes of silk) fill the pages with surprise and enlightenment. Stunning photographs and line drawings make this a combination of coffee-table and reference book for all ages-for fans of all lifeforms on Earth, not just pandas. 1-55054-694-5
[BCBW SPRING 2000]
Submitted on July 10, 2003 in By David.
