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Image credits:

(tarantula) Johnbell/Dreamstime.com; (river) Johnny Lye/Dreamstime.com; (background) Frenta/Dreamstime.com.

(background image of South America) NASA Earth Observatory; (woman and child) Courtesy of Emily Caruso; (jungle and river) Guentermanaus/Shutterstock.com; (source of Amazon) Jialiang Gao; (Manaus) King Ho Yim/Dreamstime.com; (house in river) Antonio De Azevedo Negrao/Dreamstime.com.

(frog) Michal Durinik/Dreamstime.com; (jaguar) Stayer/Shutterstock.com.

(peccary) Michael Elliot/Dreamstime.com; (anaconda) Morley Read/Dreamstime.com; (caiman) Ammit/Dreamstime.com.

(mosquito) Mycteria/Dreamstime.com; (tarantula) Luis Louro/Dreamstime.com.

(wasp nest) Morley Read/Dreamstime.com; (botfly) Yury Maryunin/Dreamstime.com; (tarantula hawk wasp) Paul Nylander.

King Ho Yim/Dreamstime.com.

Erllre/Dreamstime.com.

WARNING: This is a work of fiction. When a life is at risk or a dangerous situation is at hand, safe alternatives may not exist. The Publisher, Authors, and Consultant disclaim any liability from any injury that may result from the use, proper or improper, of the information contained in this book. All the technical information in this book comes from experts, but we do not guarantee that the information contained herein is complete, safe, or wholly accurate to every scenario, nor should it be considered a substitute for your good judgment or common sense.