Animals An encyclopedia of fantastic facts
Book - 2023
"Put the fun back into learning and take children on a number-crunching journey around the animal kingdom. From colossal mammals to tiny insects and everything in between, learn all about your favorite animals with more than 1,000 weird and wonderful numbers"--
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- Trivia and miscellanea
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Encyclopedias - Published
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New York, NY :
DK Publishing
2023.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
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- Edition
- First American edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 192 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- ISBN
- 9780744081510
- A world of numbers
- Invertebrates
- Corals and sponges
- Wobbly jellyfish
- Squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses
- Extraordinary echinoderms
- Bivalves and gastropods
- Cool crustaceans
- Awesome arachnids
- Top 10: Biggest spiders
- Centipedes and millipedes
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Brilliant beetles
- Beautiful butterflies
- Curious caterpillars
- Moths
- Bees, wasps, and ants
- Top 10: Largest insect colonies
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Fish
- Sensational sharks
- Rays and skates
- Saltwater fish
- Deep-sea fish
- Top 10: Fastest-swimming fish
- Tropical fish
- Polar fish
- Freshwater fish
- Amphibians and Reptiles
- Frogs and toads
- Top 10: Longest-lived amphibians
- Salamanders and newts
- Turtles and tortoises
- Venomous snakes
- Cool constrictors
- Iguanas and relatives
- Crazy crocodilians
- Top 10: Biggest reptiles
- Skinks, snake lizards, and geckos
- Birds
- Flightless birds
- Perfect penguins
- Pheasants and partridges
- Pigeons and doves
- Parrots and toucans
- Top 10: Longest beaks
- Hummingbirds and swifts
- Cool kingfishers
- Wondrous woodpeckers
- Brilliant birds of prey
- Hooting owls
- Daring ducks
- Geese and swans
- Storks, ibises, and herons
- Fantastic flamingos
- Sensational seabirds
- Astonishing albatrosses
- Top 10: Longest bird migrations
- Perching birds
- Mammals
- Magnificent marsupials
- Armadillos, sloths, and anteaters
- Hedgehogs, moles, and tenrecs
- Exciting elephants
- Top 10: Biggest mammals
- Rabbits, hares, and pikas
- Gnawsome rodents
- Bush babies, lemurs, and tarsiers
- Amazing apes
- Monkeys
- Bats
- Foxes, coyotes, jackals, and wolves
- Brave bears
- Seals and walruses
- Classy cats
- Top 10: Fastest land mammals
- Beavers and otters
- Robust rhinos
- Hooray for hippos
- Horses and zebras
- Remarkable ruminants
- Boars, hogs, and pigs
- Llamas, giraffes, and camels
- Toothed whales
- Baleen whales
- Top 10: Longest-living mammals
- Skunks, weasels, and raccoons
- Mysterious monotremes
- Four-legged pets
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgments