The Frog with Self-Cleaning Feet
Subtitle: ... And Other Extraordinary Tales from the Animal World
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781628734751
Subjects: Miscellanea; General; Animals; Popular works; NATURE
Description: 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 to see?Wild animals do the most extraordinary, and sometimes frightening, things. Some are exceptionally bright, using tools and even treating themselves with medicinal plants. Others are devious, using chemical warfare and theft to get what they want. Then there are slackers, like the sloth, which only moves up t.
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Table of contents: title: 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.; title: 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.; title: 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.