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From the bestselling authors of Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura comes Wild Life, a nature book like no other---a dazzling, over-the-top collection of the world's most extraordinary wild species that takes you to all seven continents and beyond. It's more than a field guide-it's an adventure.From the curious minds of Atlas Obscura, authors of #1 New York Times bestselling Atlas Obscura and Gastro Obscura, comes an unputdownable celebration of the world's living wonders. Learn how dung beetles navigate by the stars, and trees communicate through their roots. Meet one of the strongest animals in the world: the puny peacock mantis shrimp. Pay your respects to a 44,000 year old shrub, float along flying rivers, and explore a garbage dump overseen by endangered storks. There are first person interviews: hear from a honey hunter and his avian partners, a scientist working to find the world's only ocean-dwelling insects, and an offshore radio DJ who is at the heart of the local fishing community. Examine old examples of bird song notation written on sheet music.Featuring over 500 extraordinary plants, animals, and natural phenomena, with illustrations and photos on every page, the book takes readers around the globe-from Antarctic deserts to lush jungles, and into the deepest fathoms of the ocean and the hearts of our densest cities. Teeming with detail and wildly entertaining, Wild Life reinvigorates our sense of wonder, awe and amazement about the incredible creatures we share our planet with.
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Meet incredible animals with all kinds of highly developed senses and learn about the jobs they do in this fantastic book full of amazing facts, cool science and exciting activities, from the experts at MIT Kids Press.Did you know a dog can smell over ten thousand times better than you can? Or that a pigeon can find her way home from up to a thousand miles away? Or even that fish can alert us when our water is contaminated?From echolocation to electroreception, find out about the super senses animals use to navigate their world - and to accomplish what humans can’t do alone. As you learn about these amazing animals, you will get a chance to test out your own senses with hands-on activities.You'll be amazed at what you discover in this fact-filled STEM book for curious kids!
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If you sometimes wish to simply sink back into the depths of the ocean, great news the strange little guys who still live down there will receive you with open arms (and fins, claws, and tentacles). But if you re not quite ready to take to the sea, they ve also got some solid advice for those cursed to live on solid ground. In Leaving the Ocean Was a Mistake, Earth's weirdest sea creatures offer their favorite tips for improving your life on land. Get to know these friendly denizens of the deep: The star tunicate, who avoids anxiety by digesting its own brain The gloomy octopus, who asserts its boundaries by throwing dirt at anyone who bothers it The fire-breathing shrimp, who gets its feelings out by vomiting bioluminescent goo The deep-sea anglerfish, who expresses love by fusing with its mate And more wonderfully wacky undersea weirdos who really know how to live! Beautifully illustrated with charming watercolor portraits of the ocean s most eccentric creatures, Leaving the Ocean Was a Mistake will help you bring a freewheeling, relaxed, self-actualized ocean spirit to even the driest life.