Animal Wonders of the World

Name: Animal Wonders of the World
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Author: Black, David
ISBN: 0671054910

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ISBN:	0671054910
Kiadó:	Exeter Books
Kiadás éve:	1983
Kiadás helye:	New York
Kiadás sorszáma:	Első kiadás
Kötés típusa:	egészvászon kiadói borítóban
Terjedelem:	208 oldal
Nyelv:	angol
Méret:	Szélesség: 23.00 cm, Magasság: 30.00 cm
Súly:	1.00 kg
Kategória:	Vadászat / Természettudomány / Állatvilág / Idegennyelv / Nyelvek / Angol

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INTRODUCTION       6

THE GREAT AND THE SMALL
The Gorilla        io
Gentle giant of the forest

The Etruscan Shrew 14
Mammalian midget
The Albatross      16
Long-distance sailor on the wind

The Hummingbird    i8
Tiny rainbotv of the jungle

Giant Beetles      22
Winged heavyweights of the insect world
The Blue Whale     24
Mammoth of the deep
The Marmoset       26
Monkey in miniature
The Giraffe        28
A living periscope

Table:             34
The relatíve sizes of mammals

FEROCITY AND VENOM
Poisonous Snakes 
Origínal enemy of man

The Polar Bear     48
King of the icy wastes

The Killer Shark   52
Restless cruiser of the seas

The Box Jellyfish  56
Terror of the ocean
The Mosquito       58
Minute mass murderer
The Tiger          62
Lord of predators


The Vampire Bat                 68     The Solitary Wasp               124     The Asian Elepharit            174
Blood thief of the night               Lone hunter of the insect world         Wise old man of the forest

1!:Poisonous Amphibians         7o     Table:                          126     The Dragony                    176
Deadly midgets on the forest floor     Sociable and solitary animals           Insect of antiquíty

The Nile Crocodile              72                                             Table:
 eature of nightmare                   THE GAUDY AND THE                       Short and long life-cycles     178
                                       CAMOUFLAGED
     Scorpion                   76 
   ers of fear                         The Frigate Bird                13o     THE NUMEROUS AND THE 
                                       Gaudy pirate of the tropics             RARE
 able:                          78
   50?1014.5 animals and their venoms  The Chameleon                   132     Mice and Rats                  182 
                                       Master of disguise                      The rodent plague

     FAST AND THE SLOW                 Insects Resembling Plants       136     The Monkey-eating Eagle        186
                                       Now you see them, now you don't         Crested prince of the jungle
The Cheetah                     82 
Beeih for speed                        Snake Mimics                    140     The Desert Locust              190
                                       Coloured for survival                   A plague of Egypt
Tbe Snail                       88 
Mollusc with a mobile home             The Octopus                     142     The Arabian Oryx               194
                                       Chameleon of the deep                   Wild white cow of sun and crystal
Tbe Peregrine Falcon            92
     "ng killer of the skies           Coral Reef Fishes               144     Quelea                         196
                                       Marvels of marine pageantry             Scourge of the savannah
     Sloth                      96
   wcoach of the jungle                Nightjars, frogmouths and potoos so     The Snow Leopard               198
                                       The feathered deceivers                 Ghost of the mountain ridges
     Killer Whale               98
   ed-king of the sea                  Birds of Paradise               154     Table:                         202
                                       Plumes of splendour_                    Rare and extinct animals
 able: How animals move         102
                                       Tablc:                          158     Bibliography                   204
                                       The uses of colour
                                                                               Index                          206
   E SOCIABLE AND THE 
   LITARY                              A SHORT LIFE AND A LONG ONE

     Cuckoo                     io6    The Giant Tortoise              162
     e minstrel of spring              Grand old man of the reptile world

     Seal                       i io   The House Fly                   164
     k socialíte of the ocean          Nasty, brutish and short-lived scavenger

     Mole                       114    The Robin                       166
     it of the subsoil                 Redfor danger

     Penguin                           The Axolotl                     168
     society of the polar seas         Ageless amphibian

     Baboon                     120    The Queen Termite               172
      in numbers                       Aged mother of the ínsect world