Synopsis

*Staying Alive* presents accounts of remarkable strategies for survival. The cuttlefish, for instance, employs a form of camouflage that renders it virtually invisible to its predators. The volume also reveals other ingenious tactics: the burrowing owl's mimicry of rattlesnake sounds, a testament to how imitation can be not merely a compliment, but a lifeline; and the elaborate deceptions the horned lizard uses as a final defense against a threatening coachwhip.