Spiders
Ever wonder why spiders don’t get trapped in their own webs? Or which female spiders eat their male partners after mating with them? Or how spiders escape their enemies…
Ever wonder why spiders don’t get trapped in their own webs? Or which female spiders eat their male partners after mating with them? Or how spiders escape their enemies…
Do you know what whale is the world’s largest animal? Or which whale’s head is up to one-third the length of its entire body? Or why some whales “sing” to one another…
Ever wondered how dangerous bats really are to humans? Or whether vampire bats actually drink blood? Or how a mother bat recognizes her baby out of thousands of other roosting pups…
Have you ever wondered how the grizzly bear, sloth bear, and sun bear got their names? Or what bear is hardly bigger than a dog? Or which bear can eat a whale…
Ever wondered why some lizards’ tails break off—and what happens afterward? Or what lizard is big enough to swallow a goat? Or what lizard can squirt blood from its eyes…
Did you know that ancient Egyptian mummy makers had special tools to extract brains through the nose? Or that before mummies became objects of scientific interest, people used to burn them as fuel…
Do you know what a “lava bomb” is? Or what volcano produced the loudest noise in recorded history? Or what volcano erupted continuously for more than 30 years…
Have you ever wondered which ape is the planet’s fastest flightless tree-dwelling animal? Or how chimps show each other love…
Ever wondered what animals wolves eat? Or how wolves are related to our pet pooches? Explore this exciting book for answers…
Which cat can run at speeds up to 70 miles per hour? Which lions do most of the hunting—the males or the females…
Ever wondered how snakes can swallow and digest an entire animal whole, bones and all? Or which snakes squeeze the life out of their victims…
Ever wondered how sharks are different from other fish, and what makes them such fearsome hunters? Or how a feeding frenzy works…
Have you ever wondered which predators swallow their prey whole? Or which ones eat their victims while they’re still alive…
Which dino could eat leaves on trees as high as a four-story building? What animals are the only known dinosaurs living today…
What enemy is able to swallow small crocodilians whole? What sounds do crocodilians use to “talk” to one another? Do crocodiles really smile…
What bird can dive at speeds of over 200 miles per hour? What birds munch on leftovers from other animals’ meals…