Private Life of Spiders by Paul Hillyard

Private Life of Spiders by Paul Hillyard

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Attempts to shed light on the lives of spiders, which are complex and highly adaptable creatures. This book presents their hunting strategies and amazing web-spinning skills to their extraordinary courtship displays and devoted care for their young. It also looks at why people are scared of spiders and why such fear is generally misplaced.

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Private Life of Spiders by Paul Hillyard

Attempts to shed light on the lives of spiders, which are complex and highly adaptable creatures. This book presents their hunting strategies and amazing web-spinning skills to their extraordinary courtship displays and devoted care for their young. It also looks at why people are scared of spiders and why such fear is generally misplaced.
Paul Hillyard is a leading authority on spiders and a former curator at the Natural History Museum in London. Intrigued by spiders since childhood, he has travelled extensively across the world in search of them. His previous books include Spiders (Collins) and The Book of the Spider: From Arachnophobia to the Love of Spiders (Hutchinson).
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ISBN 13 9781845376901
ISBN 10 1845376900
Title Private Life of Spiders
Author Paul Hillyard
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2007-09-28
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.