The "True Stories" series explores a range of topics in a relaxed, accessible way, intended to be particularly suitable for reluctant fiction readers. The real-life stories range from the sensational to the serious, from biography to history, sport to the supernatural. This volume is packed with tales about animals that can bite, rip, squeeze, suck and maul, from the jungles of India to our own back yard - wolves, bears, sharks, pythons, crocodiles, rats and dogs. Yet humans kill far more of them than they do of us, as the book makes clear. It also examines the insects and parasites that love to feast on humans, from mosquitoes to Guinea worms.