Don't Mess with Me: The Strange Lives of Venomous Sea Creatures by Paul Erickson (Ex-Library HC)

The role of venoms in nature … and in human medicine  

Why are toxins so advantageous to their possessors as to evolve over and over again? What is it about watery environments that favors so many venomous creatures? Marine biologist Paul Erickson explores these and other questions with astounding images from Andrew Martinez and other top underwater photographers.