Unusual creatures a mostly accurate account of some of the Earth's strangest animals

This book introduces the reader to a wealth of extraordinary life forms. From the top of Mt. Everest to 10,000 feet under the sea, fascinating animals are everywhere. A basilisk that can run on water, an octopus that can mimic other animals, a fish that defends itself with slime and ties itself in a...

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Main Author: Hearst, Michael, 1972-
Other Authors: Noordeman, Arjen (Illustrator), Wright, Christie (Illustrator), Noordeman, Jelmer (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2012.
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245 1 0 |a Unusual creatures :  |b a mostly accurate account of some of the Earth's strangest animals /  |c by Michael Hearst ; illustrations by Arjen Noordeman, Christie Wright, and Jelmer Noordeman. 
260 |a San Francisco :  |b Chronicle Books,  |c 2012. 
300 |a 109 p. :  |b col. ill. ;  |c 29 cm. 
504 |a Includes index. 
505 0 |a Axolotl -- Aye-Aye -- Bar-headed goose -- Barking spider -- Bee hummingbird -- Bilby -- Blobfish -- Blue-footed booby -- Cantor's giant soft-shelled turtle -- Chinese giant salamander -- Dugong -- Echidna -- Elephant shrew -- Flying snake -- Giant anteater -- Giant gippsland earthworm -- Giraffe-necked weevil -- Glass frog -- Great hornbill -- Guineafowl pufferfish -- Hagfish -- Hammer-headed bat -- Honey badger -- Horned puffin -- Humpback anglerfish -- Jesus Christ lizard -- Komodo dragon -- Leafy sea dragon -- Long-eared jerboa -- Magnapinna squid -- Mimic octopus -- Narwhal -- Olm -- Pea frog -- Pink fairy armadillo -- Platypus -- Pygmy marmoset -- Saddleback caterpillar -- Sea pig -- Slow loris -- Solenodon -- Star-nosed mole -- Tapir -- Tardigrade -- Texas horned lizard -- Three-toed sloth -- Tiburonia granrojo -- Weddell seal -- Wombat -- Yeti crab. 
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700 1 |a Wright, Christie,  |e ill. 
700 1 |a Noordeman, Jelmer,  |e ill. 
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