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sea snakes 51 Chinese hourglass throat pouches 80 blue whales 48–49
sea sponges 111 spiders 124–125 tigers 101 crocodiles 72–73
sea stars 111, 164–165 spikes 13, 27, 89 toad-headed lizards 119 whales 89, 112, 100–101
sea urchins 69, 89 spinner dolphins 44 toads 157 blue whales 48–49,
self-destruction 12–13 sponges 22, 68, 111 tongues 19, 49, 56, 63, 147, 168
sharks 8–9, 53, 74, 151 spotted seahorses 157 86–87 sperm whales 30–31,
deep sea 131 springtails 118 tortoises 110–111 43, 112
speed 101, 111 squids 130 toxins 12–13, 89 whale sharks 74
shells 114–115 squirrels 45 tragopans 161 wild boars 136
shire horses 107, 143 starfish 111, 164–165 trapdoor spiders 125 wild cats see cats, wild
shortfin mako sharks stargazers 113 triggerfish 167 wings 41, 71, 81, 93, 148
101 star-nosed moles 46–47 tube-lipped nectar bats spans 76, 92, 138
shrews 125, 146 stick insects 15 87 wolves 36–37
shrimps 24, 42 stingrays 9, 51 tufted deer 83 wood frogs 98
siphonophores 52 stoats 10 turtles 100, 128, 151, woodpeckers 18–19
Sivickis’ Irukandji stomach 64–65 169 worms 52–53, 56, 98
jellyfish 53 strength 91, 94–95, tusks 75, 94
skin 57, 65, 78 106–107 Y
skinks 151 sugar (nectar) 148–149 U yaks 118
skinny pigs 79 Sumatran orangutans underground habitats yellow-bellied gliders 45
skunks 14–15 150 79, 98, 139 yellow-headed jawfish
sleeping 30–31 sun bears 63 burrows 99, 124–125 157
slime 56–57 superb lyrebirds 160 colonies 12, 116–117, yellow-spotted monitor
sloths 88, 111, 112 Surinam toads 157 120 lizards 139
slugs 58, 111 swarms 24–25 urban habitats 136–137 young 150–151,
smell, sense of 8–9, swifts 30, 44, 112 urchin crabs 69 156–157, 162–163, 169
14–15, 45, 71 swimming animals 97, urine 15 tadpoles 144–145, 153
smooth-coated otters 100–101, 112 see also eggs
136 sword-billed V
snails 89, 110, 111, 139 hummingbirds 81 vampire squids 130
snakes 51, 60–61, 112, sycamore moths 27 velvet worms 56
155 venom 38, 53, 60, 61, 89
garter snakes 24, 25 T vipers 60, 83, 155
pythons 146, 168 tadpoles 144–145, 153 Virginia opossums 137
snapping shrimps 42 tails 38, 48, 57, 113, 144, voices 36–37, 42–43
snapping turtles 169 164 vomit 64–65
sociable weavers 138 talons 18 vultures 92–93
southern cassowaries tardigrades 99
88 tears 17 W
southern elephant seals teeth 56, 74–75 Wagler’s pit vipers 155
154–155 Temminck’s tragopans walking animals 7,
Spanish ribbed newts 161 34–35, 45, 135
44 tenrecs 150 walruses 31
spectacled bears 62 tentacles 50, 52, 56, 167 wandering albatrosses
speed 100–101, termites 87, 138 169
110–111, 112, 113 terns 113, 121 wasps 121
sperm whales 30–31, Texas horned lizards 44 water striders 45
43, 112 Texas longhorns 82–83 weaver ants 106–107,
sphynx cats 78–79 thorn bugs 13 120
spider decorator crabs threadfin butterfly fish webbed feet 39, 73, 101
68 129 webs 132–133, 139, 154
spiders 113, 118, three-toed skinks 151 weevils 88
132–133, 139, 154, 156 three-toed sloths 88 weight 61, 67, 91, 154

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