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Faithful Elephants (かわいそうなぞう, Kawaisō na Zō, lit."Poor Elephants"), is a story written by Yukio Tsuchiya and originally published in Japan in 1951. [1] It was published and marketed as a true story of the elephants in Tokyo's Ueno Zoo during World War II [2] but contained fiction.
Doctor De Soto is a picture book for children written and illustrated by William Steig and first published in 1982. It features a mouse dentist who must help a fox with a toothache without being eaten. Steig and his book won the 1983 National Book Award for Children's Books in category Picture Books, Hardcover, as did Barbara Cooney for Miss ...
Much of White Fang is written from the viewpoint of the titular canine character, enabling London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. White Fang examines the violent world of wild animals and the equally violent world of humans. The book also explores complex themes including morality and redemption.
The words: "The most dangerous animal in the world" were printed in red on top of a cage. [6] Behind the bars of the cage, there was a mirror. The exhibit allowed the human visitors to peer into the cage and see their reflection — marking them as "most dangerous". The exhibit at the Bronx Zoo was reportedly still there in 1989. [7] [8]
The Adventure series is a collection of children's adventure novels by Willard Price.The original series, comprising 14 novels, was published between 1949 and 1980, and chronicles the adventures of teenagers Hal and Roger Hunt as they travel the world collecting exotic and dangerous animals.
"The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a short story by Richard Connell, [1] first published in Collier's on January 19, 1924, with illustrations by Wilmot Emerton Heitland.
"BLIT" (acronym of Berryman Logical Image Technique) is a 1988 science fiction short story by the British writer David Langford. It takes place in a setting where highly dangerous types of images called "basilisks" (after the legendary reptile) have been discovered; these images contain patterns within them that exploit flaws in the structure of the human mind to produce a lethal reaction ...
Deadliest animals as of 2016 [1] This is a list of the deadliest animals to humans worldwide, measured by the number of humans killed per year. Different lists have varying criteria and definitions, so lists from different sources disagree and can be contentious.