CLIVE GIFFORD published his first book when he was 17, and moved into an editorial career in children's book publishing after he graduated from Southampton University. At 30, he decided to become a full-time writer, and shortly thereafter won the Times Educational Supplement Information Book of the Year award. He lives in Manchester.

Royal bottom wiper p8 Hippo sweat p9 Dust mites p10 Sloppy saliva p11 Watch out for the javelin! p12 Disgusting dentures p13 Make-up for corpses p14 Roman laundry p15 Mummy making p16 Purple carrots p17 Speedy sneezing p18 Stinky sneakers p19 Excess gas p20 Mice on toast p21 Super-long tongue p22 Chicken cure p23 Butterfly wee p24 Dramatic rescue p25 Big appetite p26 Scary centipede p27 Heaviest man p28 Naked spartans p29 Sweaty feet p30 Blood rain p31 Creature capture p32 Vacanti mouse p33 A LOT of poop p34 Rat infestation p35 Blood sculpture p36 Cockroach muncher p37 Don't judge a book by it's cover p38 Hot dog eating champion p39 Aztec sacrifice p40 Rat heaven p41 Cooling underpants p42 Fat-filled sewers p43 Booger eaters p44 Crushed beetle dye p45 Stinky fruit p46 Eyelash creepy crawlies p47 Massive mouth p48 Einstein's brain p49 Terrible tapeworms p50 Wormy snack p51 Giraffe tongue p52 Roasted alive p53 Hobbit feet p54 Kopi luwak coffee p55 Hungry Frenchman p56 Camel spit p57 Cure for freckles p58 Hagfish slime p59 Sick collection p60 Fire-starting urine p61 Maggot cheese p62 Palermo crypts p63 Brain food p64 Ashes and ink p65 Squid eye p66 Human candles p67 Dangerous delicacy p68 Longest worm p69 Dog food tester p70 Whacky feast p71 Sawbone surgeries p72 Shedding skin p73 Boiled wasp larvae p74 Smelly king p75 Giant pizza p76 Born in a ball of poop p77 Cure for stuttering p78 The taste of feet p79 La Tomatina p80 Rich in bird droppings p81 Largest burger p82 Gassy talent p83 Tartigrades in space p84 Cow manure p85 Bath scum p86 Cockroach record p87 Squirting blood p88 What's in earwax? p89 Head on a spike p90 Cow pat competition p91 Ground bones p92 Killer fog p93 Torture chambers p94 Bloodbath p95 Maggot therapy p96 Body snatchers p97 Suction toilet p98 Catfish tastebuds p99 First poop p100 Exploding body p101 Mummy guts p102 Samurai death p103 Anteater tongue p104 Mummified pets p105 Human flytraps p106 Rotting shark meat treat p107 Index p108