Book jacket image for Slither by Stephen S. Hall

Grand Central

9781538741337

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Slither

Stephen S. Hall’s Slither will make you marvel at what we can learn from snakes, if only we can swap fear for curiosity and disgust for appreciation.

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Review of ‘Slither’

“Why does a snake cross the road?” In Slither: How Nature’s Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World, that’s not just a twist on the age-old riddle—it’s the impetus for an experiment conducted by scientists curious about snake behavior upon encountering a road and how they might react if a pickup truck sped by. 

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