What’s the Weirdest Thing About Animals?

About this book

This hugely entertaining, non-fiction book about animals is divided into six chapters: marvellously magnificent mammals; incredibly interesting invertebrates; fascinatingly freaky fish; beautifully bizarre birds; ridiculously riveting reptiles; and amazingly awesome amphibians. Each chapter begins with a concise overview of the main characteristics associated with that classification and ends with a fun, quick-fire quiz. Creatures are listed alphabetically within each section for easy reference.  

Curious children will delight in devouring the quirky, fascinating and sometimes revolting facts about the different diets, habitats and behaviour of a huge range of creatures. For example, 97 per cent of all known animal species on earth are invertebrates; a duck-billed platypus can hold up to 600 worms in its cheeks at once; snails can walk upside down along the underside of the surface of water; and pearlfish like to live up the bottoms of sea cucumbers.  

There is so much to love about this wonderful book, which features black-and-white drawings and photographs throughout. It can be read cover-to-cover, or dipped into at random, and would be a fantastic addition to any home or school library.