World's Strangest Animal Facts"From monkeys that work in banks to lizards that walk on water, and from ostriches that herd sheep to a psychic horse that made headlines by directing police to the...body of a boy who had been missing for two years...hundreds of amazing anecdotes and curious characteristics of the animal kingdom...are included in this fun-filled, wondrous menagerie....Entertaining and informative...."--Latham Letter. 96 pages, 60 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4. |
Contents
Ancient Animals | 7 |
Notions of Motion | 23 |
Feasts for Beasts | 38 |
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