Contents: Foreword -- Animal life -- Classifying animals -- Dangerous planet -- Mammals -- Birds -- Reptiles -- Amphibians -- Fish -- Invertebrates -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Summary:
Frozen frogs that come to life, crocodiles that cry, coati that eat tarantulas, and creates that live in superheated swawater - the natural world is full of the unexpected. Every day, new species are discovered that increase our understanding of, and desire to conserve, life on Earth.
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