The frog with self-cleaning feet : and other extraordinary tales from the animal world /

Did you know that an ostrich egg can make an omelet for ten people? How about that crocodiles have the world's most powerful bite, yet their mouths can be held shut by a man's bare hands? Or that box jellyfish are the most venomous creature in the world, and they're almost impossible...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bright, Michael
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., 2013.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Halftitle; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Smart animals; Tool users; Cunning bugs; The cheats; The protection racket; Tongues; Evolving together; Feeding time; Bird feeders; World's largest birds; Giant reptiles and amphibians; Mighty bite; World's largest land mammals; Whale of an appetite; Seafood connoisseurs; Dolphins and fishermen; Peculiar foods; Grub's up!; Insect farmers; Living together; A squirt of water; Integrated weapons systems; Bat attack; Eyes; Telling the time; Loud voices; The (not so) silent world; Sea monsters; River monsters.
  • World's most venomous animalsBad to eat; Poisonous and venomous; Allergic to lorises; Natural medicines; Chemical warfare; Chemically controlled ants; Real zombies; Catnaps; The big sleep; Hot and cold, wet and dry; Keep off my patch!; Lost babies; Really wild courtship; Odd couples; Fiddler in the mud; Bringing up baby; Alarm; The great escape; Bee power; Insect record-breakers; Back from the brink; The world's smallest animals; Mystery solved?; The world's most mysterious animals; Getting about; Animal athletes; Deepest divers; Epic journeys; Record-breaking birds; Flight details.; Magnetic sensePure white; Individuals; Left- and right-handed; The world's oldest animals; Short-lived; Fashionistas and social clubs; Urban living; Home sweet home; Almost human (1); Unexpected predators 250; Almost human (2); Dolphins to the rescue; Lions to the rescue; Humpback to the rescue; What on earth?; Not what's on the tin; The woodlouse; Animal collective nouns; New species; What's in a (scientific) name?; Afterword.