When Man is the Prey: True Stories of Animals Attacking Humans - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312373007 ISBN 13: 9780312373009

Publisher: Griffin, 2007

Synopsis

Since we humans have evolved into the dominant species on this planet, we sometimes fail to recognize--and respect--the ever-present threat posed by the animals we love or fear, hunt or fight to protect. Many of nature's most lethal residents have combative skills that have been honed by millions of years of adaptive survival, and it takes only a second for an otherwise evolved individual to become a helpless victim. WHEN MAN IS THE PREY is a one-of-a-kind collection of real-life encounters between man and beast that explores the uneasy relationship that humanity has with its native habitat. From bears, boars, and black dogs to swimming with sharks and dancing with wolves, the stories in WHEN MAN IS THE PREY offer a fascinating, frightening, and enlightening look at the natural world and its many creatures.

About this title

Review:

"Tougias's true gift is his ability to plumb the depths of human emotion, to take us ever deeper into the hearts of those who survived the ordeal--and even into the lives of those who did not." --Spike Walker, bestselling author of COMING BACK ALIVE and WORKING ON THE EDGE

About the Author:

MICHAEL TOUGIAS is the author and coauthor of sixteen books, including two bestselling true-adventure and survival books, Ten Hours Until Dawn: A True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do and Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea.

About this edition

• Publisher: Griffin
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312373007
• ISBN 13: 9780312373009
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 420
• Editor: Tougias Michael