How to Snog a Hagfish!

Chapter 1 – Looks Aren’t Everything From the blobfish (the ‘ugliest’ creature on the planet) to the barreleye (which has a transparent head), many of the most unique-looking animals live in the sea. Chapter 2 – Disgusting Diets From sharks that swallow reindeers to eels that eat their prey from the inside out, plus how starfishes regurgitate their stomach into clam shells. Chapter 3 – Disgusting Defences From octopus ink to the world’s most toxic venom, as well as the hagfish, which ties itself in a knot to squeeze slime out of its skin. Chapter 4 – Disgusting Habits From the tongue-eating louse (which needs no introduction) to the phronima, which burrows a hollow out of its prey and then lays its eggs inside. Chapter 5 – Monsters of the Deep From jellyfish with tentacles as long as a train carriage to crabs that grow to 4m across, as well as rays that swim in swarms of thousands. Chapter 6 – Shark Alert! With a ‘sixth sense’ allowing them to detect potential prey and a snout powerful enough to smell a single drop of blood in the water from half a km away, sharks inspire awe as well as terror. Features the true story behind Jaws. Chapter 7 – The Best of the Rest of the Worst From forests of ‘killer’ seaweed to so-called sea snot, as well as the Portuguese man-of-war (which is actually a small colony of four different creatures).