Wild dogs -- Life on the web -- The value of a good name -- Lemurs in love -- Oneness with nature -- Bluebloods -- The King of Pain -- Life list -- Ghosts in the grasslands -- The enemy within -- The monkey mind -- Hummers -- Tucking ptarmigans strictly prohibited -- Family politics -- A little sneaky sex -- Swamp thing -- Backyard wildlife -- On the track of the cat -- Every ant on Earth at your fingertips -- Jelly bellies -- All piranhas want is a nice piece of tail -- Intimate friends -- In the realm of virtual reality.;Award-winning nature writer Richard Conniff takes the reader on a thrilling journey deep in to the domains of strange--and often dangerous--animals. His many ill-advised forays include: pulling a huge snapping turtle out of a Louisiana bayou, tracking leopards with iKung San hunters in the Namibian desert, and flinging chicken carcasses into piranha-infested waters to check how quickly they disappear before diving in himself.