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A Field Guide to Venomous Animals and Poisonous Plants: North America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guide)

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Before you dash out into the woods and pick some plants you think are edible, you might want to get this book and know definitely what will kill you, or really mess up your body. Excellent info, bright color pictures, and written for an easy understanding, this book should be in any nature enthusiast's library, right next to Newcomb's Wildflower Guide, possibly the best plant identification guide around.

did you know that boxwood, the ever present suburban hedge, is mildly poisonous? i didn't! a very useful book to reference for what not to touch, eat, or annoy.

My little brother just gave me this field guide. I was shocked to see a picture of a completely harmless Scarlet Kingsnake on the cover of a field guide to Venemous Animals.

I like the field guide, but please people, if you see the snake on the cover - understand it is a Kingsnake and completely harmless, not a Coral snake which is probably what they intended to have on the cover.

Coral snakes do not have red bands between two black bands, and the type of bands they have are quite different.

If you see a Coral snake, please don't kill it either - leave it alone, but especially do not kill a harmless Scarlet Kingsnake thinking it was a Coral snake. Hopefully the next edition will fix this embarrasing mistake.

It is a general book from 3 enormus kigndoms. Mexico is mostly overlooked, still it is interesting and the prinicipal subjects are present.

The Peterson Field Guides, probably one of the greatest resources every available to the aspiring student of nature. Every guide is chock full of information on a broad range of subjects, but this one has to be one of the most useful.

This needs to be the first field guide you every buy. The Peterson Field Guide to Venomous Animals & Poisonous Plants should be in every naturalist's library, both experienced or brand new. Every child should have a copy on their nightstand, and every Grandma and Aunt Sally should have one on their coffee table.

Why? Simple put, if you know everything that can hurt or kill you, you don't get scared of every creepy crawly and little snake. In a world where every mother tells their child not to play out side because there is poison ivy EVERYWHERE, it would be good for people to know what can harm them. If you are aware of the hazards are on your area, then a whole world opens up in your backyard. That mystery plant that is growing on the corner of the yard that your have always been scared to touch isn't in the Peterson Guide. That doesn't mean it's a good idea to eats it, but if you know it's not going to kill you, you have the opportunity to find out what it really is.

Man is inherently fearful of what he doesn't understand, and sadly because so little people understand the intricacies of nature, they are scared of it. The natural world becomes the harsh "wilderness", full of hungry, rabid animals and plants that will kill you just by touching them. If you are scared of Nature, then how will you every understand the beauty within in it.

The Peterson Field Guide to Venomous Animals & Poisonous Plants covers everything from snakes and spiders to poison ivy and mushrooms. The drawings are exceptional and the palates are amazing quality photos. I highly recommend this book to everyone and every classroom across the US

Just my opinion. Learn the dangers, so that you can be aware, not afraid of what is really out there.
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Keep this with you in your pack or camp. Good reference, easy to read. The examples, pictures and drawing are very useful.

I decided to get this book after my daughter broke out in a nasty Poison Oak rash. I had no idea we even had Poison Oak in our yard.
This book is very informative, but I wish it had more color pictures, especially of the poisonous plants.

Product arrived as guaranteed, and the book delivered everything promised. Wish there were more color pictures of the actual plants; but overall, it's a GREAT field guide for someone just starting out in learning about what to avoid while hiking, camping, or just walking through the woods.

I ordered one of these for a young boy who is always asking about the poisonous creepy crawlies we have in another part of the country. This is a wonderful field guide and after receiving the first one in the mail I decided to order another one for another gift. The book is well laid out, easy to use and good for most ages. While there are many drawings (as well as photos) the drawings are done in detail. I asked a friend and he said Peterson guides are always the best so I can trust what I am buying to be educational and accurate. I enjoy that the information is mixed in with the drawings and photos (verses National Audubon Society Field Guides which separates their photos section from their information section (ie National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders). As a layman toward such things, even I am interested in thumbing through a book like this. I think anyone would find it interesting and probably also a useful tool for those "in the know" wanting to learn more.

I have a few of these field guide books. This isn't my favorite. It's ok but I would like to see more pictures in color (there are some.)