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INDEX blue-ringed octopuses chimpanzees 32–33,

89
121, 169
Chinese hourglass
blue sharks 151
blue whales 48–49, 147, spiders 124–125
168 cicadas 139
A bald eagles 108–109, boars, wild 136 city habitats 136–137
abdomen 13, 124–125 138 bombardier beetles 12 clams 22, 129
African caecilians 156 bald uakari 78 bones 41, 65, 83, 88 claws 23, 40, 42, 86, 88,
African lungfish 168 banana slugs 110, 111 bonobos 20, 21 135
African wild dogs 102 Barbados threadsnakes bootlace worms 52–53 climate change 129
albatrosses 169 61 bottlenose dolphins 22 climbing animals 63, 66,
algae 129 bar-headed geese 93 bowerbirds 161 126
alligators 42, 112, 121 barrel jellyfish 54–55 bowhead whales 89 coconut crabs 66–67
Alpine choughs 118 basilisk lizards 6–7, 45, boxer crabs 69 cocoons 138
Alpine salamanders 169 139 brains 23, 30, 41, 76, 164 colonies 12, 116–117,
Alpine swifts 30, 44 bats 43, 87, 112, 147 Brazilian free-tailed bats 120
altitudes 92–93, Lander’s horseshoe bat 112 colours 26, 45, 50, 58–59
118–119 40–41 Brazilian pygmy geckos caterpillars 13, 26–27
American alligators 42, beaks 18, 22–23, 38–39, 45 cone snails 89
112, 121 80–81, 155 breath-holding 112 conservation plans 32,
American lobsters 67 bears 45, 62–63, 135, breeding 150–151, 153, 76, 104–105, 126, 158
anemones 69 169 169 corals 122–123, 128–129
anglerfish 130 giant pandas 63, broad-tailed cougars 44
Antarctic krill 24 126–127, 147, 157, hummingbirds courtship 160–161
anteaters 86–87, 88 168 148–149 cows 20, 82–83
antelopes 112, 158–159 bee hummingbirds 48, Burmese pythons 146 coyotes 137
antlers 83, 88 149 burrows 99, 124–125 crab-eating macaques
ants 12–13, 116–117, bees 15, 16–17, 63, butterflies 16–17, 27, 59 136
106–107, 120 106–107 crabs 66–67, 68–69, 167
Arabian oryx 158–159 beetles 12, 45, 90–91, C hermit crabs 51,
archerfish 10–11 99, 168 caecilians 156 114–115
Arctic terns 113 big cats see cats, wild caimans 16–17, 28–29, cranes 93
armadillos 74, 88 bills see beaks 73 crocodiles 42, 72–73,
arms 164–165 binturong 15 Californian sea lions 101 162–163
Asian elephants 48–49, birds 112, 139, 160–161 calls 36–37, 42–43 crows 22–23, 118
75, 169 flight 30, 44, 92–93 camouflage 45, 58, 61, Cuban bee
Atlas moths 138 nests 120–121, 138 68–69, 122, 145 hummingbirds 149
Australian box jellyfish wings 41, 71, 81, 93, caribous 88, 113 Cuvier’s beaked whales
89 148 carnivores 75 112
Australian ghost moths wingspans 76, 92, 138 cassowaries 88 Cuvier’s dwarf caimans
151 birds of paradise 161 caterpillars 13, 26–27 73
Australian pelican black bears 63, 169 catfish 113
80–81 black cutworm moths cats D
axolotls 164 113 pets 78–79, 139, 143 Darwin’s bark spiders
black lace-weaver wild (big) 10, 28–29, 139
B spiders 156 101, 102–103 death’s-head hawk
babies 150–151, black mamba 112 cecropia moths 27 moths 26
156–157, 162–163, 169 blacktip reef sharks 8–9 centipedes 89 decibels 42–43
tadpoles 144–145, blanket octopuses 155 chambered nautiluses decorator crabs 68, 69
153 blood 8–9, 44 167 deer 83, 88
see also eggs blue dragons 58 chameleons 73, 87 defences 12–13, 44
badgers 139 blue morpho butterflies cheetahs 103 claws 23, 40, 42, 86,
bald animals 78–79 27, 59 chihuahuas 142–143 88, 135

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