Synopses & Reviews
This coloring book introduces 44 of the world's most unusual animals. Included are the shock-producing electric eel; the double-humped Bactrian camel; the aye-aye, a tree-loving, nocturnal primate with finger-like claws; and many other animals considered especially unusual because of their shape, coloration, defenses, and adaptation for survival. Captions provide fascinating information.
Synopsis
This exciting coloring book introduces you to 46 of the world's most unusual animals -- from the wandering albatross, with a wingspread of up to 11 feet, to the net-nabber spider, which drops a silken web on its prey.
Realistically rendered by nature artist Ruth Soffer are the cheetah, the fastest land animal over short distance; the shock-producing electric eel; the amazing aye-aye, a nocturnal creature with a long, skeletal middle finger; the horned lizard, which squirts blood from the edges of its eyelids; and the Portuguese man-of-war, a variety of jellyfish with long, stinging tentacles. Also included are the giraffe, whale shark, glasswing butterfly, Tokay gecko, and many other animals considered especially unusual because of their shape, coloration, defenses, and adaptation for survival. Captions provide fascinating information about each animal.
Synopsis
46 remarkable creatures: the shock-producing electric eel, the Portuguese man-of-war, jellyfish, the wandering albatross, giraffe, Tokay gecko, horned lizard, and others.
Table of Contents
1. Widowbird2. Giant Galapagos Tortoise3. Green Crested Basilisk Lizard4. Indian Gray Mongoose4. Javan Mongoose4. Ichneumon4. Egyptian Mongoose5. Electric Eel6. Cpybara7. Giraffe8. Townsend's Big-Eared Bat9. Komodo Dragon10. Canadian or North American Porcupine11. Three-Toed Sloth12. Bactrian Camel12. Wild Camel13. Anaconda13. Water Boa14. Net-Casting Spider14. Net-Nabber15. Scorpionfish16. Aye-aye17. Horned Lizard18. Platypus19. Mandrill20. Veiled Chameleon21. Calliope Hummingbird22. Great Pied Hornbill22. Malabar Pied Hornbill23. Flying Squirrel24. Savi's Pygmy Shrew25. Common Peafowl25. Indian Peafowl26. Ostrich27. Sea Horse28. Crown-of-Thorns Starfish29. Diamond Weevil30. Gharial30. Gavial31. Harpy Eagle32. American White Pelican33. Common Long-Nosed Armadillo33. Nine-Banded Armadillo34. Wandering Albatross35. Cheetah36. Tokay Gecko36. Great House Gecko37. Red Widow Spider37. Black Widow Spider38. Glasswind Butterfly39. Blue Poison-Dart Frog40. Whale Shark41. Matamata42. Portuguese Man-of-War42. Jellyfish43. Angler Fish44. Blue-Ringed Octopus45. Giant Cuttlefish