Sunday, May 27, 2012

RICHARD FREEMAN: The crab killing a goat is best

This gruesome 1889 biology book outlined the many ways animals will kill us



In J.W. Buel's 1889 book Sea and Land, the author laid out delightfully quaint illustrations of the Earth's flora and fauna. Many of these pictures detailed the myriad hilarious ways the animal kingdom eats humans, with creatures like the Japanese spider crab receiving a homicidal bad rap. Here's a selection of doom and gloom from the Victorian era. After all, you never know when you might torn asunder by the man-eating tree.







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