100 Animals That Can F*cking End You

by Mamadou Ndiaye

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my ... and certainly plenty worrisome creatures. But Mamadou Ndiaye wants you to know just how many more there are out there ... waiting ... possibly for you, if you don’t read the book! An audaciously crazy tour through the deadliest dangers of the animal kingdom, with an animal obsessed environmental field tech at the helm, 100 Animals That Can F*cking End you will leave you agape, agog, astonished and staggering, maybe horrified, always laughing. Millions and millions of TikTok, YouTube and Instagram fans know how much fun Ndiaye can be. Why not join them?

A wittily informative field guide to the deadliest animals on Earth from "AnimalTok" star @mndiaye_97

Ever wonder how to tell if a moose is about to subtract you? Curious why you should be terrified of cassowaries, the “velociraptor that time forgot?” Questioning whether that cute baby hippo is actually a homicidal maniac in the making? Yea, so was Mamadou Ndiaye . . . and now he's got your answers.
 
100 Animals That Can F*cking End You is the ultimate countdown to merk by animal, featuring everything from tiny bugs that can turn you into a hashtag to animals so massive they can murder you by accident. These include:
 
• The massive Southern elephant seal, which "is built like a truck with the personality of a Spring Break frat boy"
• Sperm whales with a call so strong it can vibrate you to death
• A golf-ball-sized octopus that can erase twenty-six people with one bite
• Hyenas, which have no qualms eating their prey while it is still alive
• A snake so quick it can strike you three times before you blink

You’ll learn not only which animals to avoid, but which ones can beat you in a footrace, which ones create surprisingly high body counts, and which ones will give you a good reason never to venture into the ocean. Mamadou also offers the occasional survival tip, even if it is just to make peace with your higher power.

This dynamic, fact-filled, occasionally disturbing book is perfect for animal lovers and anyone perplexed by the natural world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316453776
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	07/05/2022
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	15,194
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

During Covid lockdown in 2020, Mamadou Ndiaye uploaded a video about the antlered Grim Reaper (also known as the moose) to his newly minted TikTok account (@mndiaye_97) that went viral. Since then, his cutting takes on deadly and weird creatures have grown his channel to 14.7 million followers, with an additional 2 million on YouTube, enabling his videos to garner more than a billion views. He lives in New Jersey, where the most lethal animal he encounters is the mosquito.

Editorial Reviews

"In 100 Animals That Can F-cking End You, TikTok star Ndiaye (@mndiaye_97) lays out a convincing argument that there are plenty of reasons to fear everything from porcupines to giraffes. Considering the viral animal interactions that often end with humans being put in their place, it may be one of the most important books you’ll read all year."—Mental Floss

From the Publisher

★ 06/01/2022

Environmental science field technician Ndiaye has gained over 14 million followers on TikTok by sharing his knowledge of obscure animals. His new book provides humorous descriptions of deadly animals, along with a rating of how likely they are to kill based on multiple factors. Ndiaye calls this the merk rating, on a scale of one to 10. Some of the animals are expected: the Bengal tiger scores a 10 with a bite force twice as intense as the lion's and an ability to imitate the mating calls of other animals. Others are more unexpected. The cone snail, a tiny creature with a beautiful shell, earned a merk rating of 7.5 as its venom induces muscle paralysis and difficulty breathing. This alphabetical listing of animals "likely to put an R.I.P. in front of your name" is periodically broken up with factoids like "Four Bugs You Should Social Distance From," "Six Animals You Didn't Know Were Cannibals," and "Animals That Look Deadly but Aren't." Ndiaye's dark wit prevents the book from becoming monotonous. This is a perfect mixture of coffee-table book and laugh out loud ghoulish trivia. VERDICT Although not necessarily an essential purchase, this book is recommended for libraries where humorous books circulate well.—Grace Caternolo

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