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koppie foam mimicking 10, 50–51, oryx 158–159 Q
grasshoppers 13 70–71 ostriches 31, 88 queens (ants) 117
krill 24 mimic octopuses 50–51 otters 22, 136 queleas 24, 25
minerals 17
L miniature horses 143 P R
Lander’s horseshoe bats mites 84–85 Pacific tree frogs 45 rabbits 10, 103, 108
40–41 mole rats 79 pandas 63, 126–127, raccoons 137, 169
larvae 168 moles 46–47 147, 157, 168 raft spiders 96–97
Lavenberg’s gulper eels monkeys 21, 78, 136 paradoxical frogs rats 79
131 moose 83 144–145 rays 76–77, 113,
leafcutter ants 116–117 moths 26–27, 45, 113, parasites 84–85 140–141
leaf-tailed geckos 75 127, 151 parrotfish 56 red and white giant
leatherback turtles 54, geometrid moths parrots 155 flying squirrels 45
100 70–71 partridges 150 red-billed queleas 24, 25
legs 66, 89, 125 mountain habitats pelicans 80–81 red flat bark beetles 99
length (bodies) 48, 118–119 penguins 99, 100, 112, red kangaroos 44, 94,
52–53 mudskippers 34 169 113, 137, 168
lionfish 51, 89 mushroom anemones peppermint stick insects reefs 128–129
lions 102 69 15 regurgitation 64–65
lion’s mane jellyfish 52 peregrine falcons 112, reticulated pythons
little brown bats 147 N 136 60–61
lizards 44, 113, 119, 139 naked mole rats 79 Peruvian Inca Orchids roosts 41
basilisk lizards 6–7, narwhals 75 79 royal pythons 168
45, 139 nautiluses 166–167 pets 139 rufous hummingbirds
lobsters 67 necks 88, 95 pileated woodpeckers 149
locusts 24 nectar 148–149 18–19 Rüppell’s vultures
long-eared jerboas 113 nests 120–121, 138 pincers 66, 67 92–93
long-tailed grass lizards New Caledonian crows poison dart frogs 59
113 22–23 polar bears 62, 135 S
lungfish 168 newts 44 pollination 148 saddleback caterpillars
lyrebirds 160 night (nocturnal) Pompeii worms 98 26
animals 40, 99, 137, Poncho Via 82–83 sailfish 101
M 147 porcupines 89 salamanders 164, 168,
macaques 136 North Island brown porpoises 103 169
macaws 59 kiwis 81, 169 Portuguese man-of-war salmon sharks 9
magnificent frigatebirds noses 20, 47, 86, 155 52 saltwater crocodiles
160 notochords 56 postman caterpillars 13 72–73
malleefowls 138 potter wasps 121 sandtiger sharks 151
mammals 38–39, 40–41, O prairie hares 44 satin bowerbirds 161
78–79 ocean habitats 128–129, predators (hunters) 9, scavengers 93, 107,
mandarinfish 58 130–131 10–11, 102–103, 113 136–137
manta rays 76–77 ocean sunfish 151 pregnancy 121, 169 scents 8–9, 14–15, 45,
marbled electric rays octopuses 89, 101, 131, prehistoric animals 166 71
113 155, 169 primates 20–21, 32 scorpions 156
margays 10 mimic octopuses pronghorns 112 screaming pihas 42
mating 141, 160–161 50–51 puss moths 26 sea anemones 69
Mauritius kestrels olms 168 pygmy chameleons 87 sea fans 122–123
104–105 omnivores 169 pygmy devil rays seahorses 45, 111,
metamorphosis 145 opossums 137 140–141 122–123, 157
mice 24, 37 orangutan crabs 68 pygmy seahorses sea lions 101
migration 25, 92, 113, orangutans 150 22–123 seals 112, 113, 154–155
149, 151 orcas 100–101 pygmy shrews 146 sea otters 22
millipedes 89 Oreophryne frogs 144 pythons 60–61, 146, 168 sea slugs 58

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