The Strangest Things in the World: A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of Nature
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- THE STRANGEST THINGS IN THE WORLD
- INTRODUCTION
- PREFACE
- The Invisible Underground Jungle
- The Self-Perpetuating Sponge
- Living “Stars” in Caves
- Parenthood Among Penguins
- The Strategy of Warrior Ants
- Uganda’s Miniature Dinosaur
- The Strange Ways of Spiders
- Worms With a Thousand Eyes
- Queer Fish, But Definitely
- Love Life Among the Spiders
- The Lace Weavers
- The Ways of Crabs
- Ticks With Noses in Their Legs
- The Fourth Realm of Life
- Rubber-Band Worms that Stretch and Stretch
- Frog Versatility
- The Horned Viper Spears Other Animals
- The World of Insects
- Gigantic Serpents of the Sky
- The Limbless Lizard
- The Maddening Tarantula
- A Flower That Grows Through Solid Ice
- The Versatile Ant Farmers
- Ostracoderms: Ancestors of True Fish
- The Ever Faithful Hornbills
- Ants With Tailor Skills
- Fiend Symphonies of the Jungle
- Tyrants of the Polychaete Race
- Eating Habits of Spiders
- The Suicide Instinct of Iguanas
- Forests That Eat Meat
- Cave-Dwelling Birds
- Where Snails Become Flowers
- Termites That Eat Lead
- The Plant That Eats Animals
- The Ocean’s Sound Barrier
- Snakes That Act and Look Like Worms
- A Porcupine of the Sea
- Worms That Are Unkillable
- The Remarkable Brachiopods
- Feathers on Birds Adapt to the Seasons
- Why the Dodo Became Extinct
- The Shark of the Soil
- The Sleeping Habits of Mammals
- The Eerie Eyes of Animals at Night
- World of the Blind
- The Remarkable Clam Worms
- Winged Reptile
- Vicious Fire Ants
- The Architectural Genius of Birds
- The Ferocious Leech Worms
- The Complex Spider’s Web
- Monsters of the Deep: The Great Squids
- The Vanishing Whippoorwill
- Ants Can Smell Almost Anything
- Fish That Fish For Fish
- Worms That Are Flowers
- The Heavy Toll of Bird Migrations
- Deadly Snakes That Take Life Easy
- Weird Plant-Animals
- Weird Ways of Birds
- The Fantastic Sea Horse
- The Great Seal Migrations
- Monsters With Buzz Saws
- Two-Headed Snakes Aren’t Rare
- Fantastic Sea Creatures
- The Varieties of Raven Language
- Worms With Hypodermic Needles
- The Fatal Black Widow Spider
- Plants That are Animated
- The Tomato—Cinderella of Vegetables
- The Holiest Place on Earth
- The Vanishing Golden Carpet
- Evolution of the Bird
- Speed Ace of the Air
- The Remarkable Instincts of the Silk Worm
- The Strange World of the Sea
- The Cannibal Birds of the Pacific
- Eagles as Indian Pets
- The Giant Insects of the Carolines
- The Valley Where Dusk is Death
- Enigma of Evolution: the Snake
- The Fastest Growth on Earth
- Birds That Duel
- Brakes on Plant Life
- Snails Are the Flowers of the Sea
- The Brutal South Pole Birds
- Silk-Bearded Clams
- Pearls Grow in Brooks
- Grasshopper-Infested Glaciers
- Monster Clams of Polynesia
- Corals Combine Plants and Animal Life
- The First Engineers—Termites
- Oyster Oddities
- The World’s Biggest Sneeze
- The Luminescent Ctenophores
- The Forest That Time Forgot
- The Versatility of the Elephant’s Trunk
- Fiendish Vampires of the Night
- Remarkable Orchids
- Nature’s Insecticide: The Millipede
- Bats Have Built-in Radar
- Crabs That Climb Trees
- The Ferocious Centipede
- The Plant That Makes Men Dumb
- The Scourge of the Earth: Locusts
- Trees Can Grow Smaller
- Underworld Cities
- Plants That Create Mirages
- The Octopus Worm: Evolution’s Mystery
- The Monster Bear of Kamchatka
- Strange Denizens of the Deep
- Communism Among the Bees
- Candles on Bushes
- The Desert Rat Manufactures Water
- The Caste System of the Termite
- The Shark That Stands Upright
- The Dead Man’s Vine
- The Insect With Fourteen Lives
- Shyness Characteristic of Giant Rats
- Nocturnal Potto
- Where Trees are Square
- The Lamp That is a Beetle
- Rainstorms of Worms
- The Icy Arctic Wonderland
- Fish That Live on Land
- The Special Language of Bees
- Poisonous Platters of the Sea
- Our Un-American Food
- Worms That Commit Mass Suicide
- Fish That Survive Freezing
- Plants That Kill
- Caterpillars That Pretend to be Snakes
- All Plants Are Luminous
- Worms That Live in the Snow
- The Strange Ways of Snails
- Vision-Producing Plants
- The Abominable Snow Man
- Fish That Sing in the Moonlight
- Brazil’s Vicious Glow Worm
- Grasshoppers Like Chameleons
- Beetles That Helped an Army
- Worms in Medical History
- Toads That Make Poison Gas
- Plants That Thrive on Ice-Bloom
- Poison Arrow Frogs
- The Seal That Can “Lose” Its Head
- The Delectable Horned Viper
- Flying Snakes, Frogs and Toads
- Eagles Build Log Cabin Nests
- The Predatory Mantid
- Fireflies as Electricians
- The Mollusk Vampire of Hell
- Climbing and Flying Frogs
- Mad Dog Cycles
- The Amazing Survival of the Opossum
- Mammal Prototypes of the “Mermaid”
- Limbless Lizards and Glass Snakes
- The Only Bug in the Sea
- A Crocodile With Life After Death
- The Salamander That Lives Like a Worm
- Three-eyed Lizards of New Zealand
- Prodigious Fertility of Insects
- The Lizard That Runs Out of Its Own Skin
- High Living in the Himalayas
- Barking Spider Monkeys
- The Insect That is Born Pregnant
- Bull-dog Animals
- Foresight of Kangaroo Rats
- The Primitive Proturans
- Air-Conditioned Homes of Beavers
- The Demon of Puerto Rico
- Man-Made Plants
- The Great Seal Migration
- The Magic Bark of the Cinchona Tree
- Colombia’s Ant Tree
- The Strange Behavior of Plants
- Venezuela’s Nocturnal Orchid
- The Plant That Strikes Men Dumb
- Combat of Moth and Shrew
- The Ferocious Snake Weasel
- The Rabbit That Swims
- Gorilla Warriors of the Belgian Congo
- The Biggest “Rat” in the World
- The Suicide Marches of Lemmings
- The Ferocity of the Tiger
- The Fearsome Porcupine
- The Plant That Stimulates Visions
- The Puzzling Platypus
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