Page 7 - Atlas Of The World's Strangest Animals

INTRODUCTION 7

Sugar glider

Three-toed sloth

Life, it seems, comes in all shapes and sizes – many of

them very strange indeed.Who, for instance, could have invented a fish

with its own, in-built fishing rod; a poisonous mammal that lays eggs; or

brightly coloured reef-dwellers that run their own, highly

successful cleaning ‘service’? In this book you’ll find 50 of

these seriously strange creatures including some,

perhaps, that we’re so well acquainted with, at first

glance, they may seem quite mundane. If only we

were able to fully explore the deepest oceans,

driest deserts and highest mountain tops, then who

knows what other marvels we might add to this

list of wonders?

Mantis

Naked mole rat

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