My 5.5 year-old has recently discovered a book on his bookshelf that he got as a birthday party prize a while back. The book is Snakes and Reptiles.

It is a compendium of various slithering and scaly creatures. It has encyclopedic facts like where they are found, how big they get, and what they eat. And then they have nightmare-inducing illustrations of how they can kill you and your pets.

Why? For the love of all that's sugary and sweet? Why?