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World's Wackiest Animals 1 Preview ASIA (Asia, cont.) OCEANS Babirusa ★ 96 Siamang ★ 132 Anglerish 168 Bornean Bearded Silkworm Moth 134 Basking Shark ★ 170 CONTENTS Pig ★ 98 Sri Lanka Black Dragonish 172 Chevrotain Frogmouth 136 Coral 174 (Mouse Deer) ★ 100 Tarsier Monkey ★ 138 Crown-of-Thorns Chinese Giant Veiled Chameleon 140 Starish 176 Salamander ★★ 102 Giant Clam ★ 178 NORTH AMERICA (South America, cont.) (Africa, cont.) Chinese Water AUSTRALIA Glaucus Atlanticus 180 California Condor ★★ 6 Potoo 38 Colobus Monkey 66 Deer ★ 104 Cassowary 142 Hairy Frogish 182 Ghost-Faced Bat 8 Pygmy Marmoset 40 Egyptian Goose 68 Damascus Goat 106 Short-Beaked Immortal Jellyish 184 Gila Monster 10 Red-Lipped Batish 42 Galago 70 Gharial ★★ 108 Echidna 144 Lanternish 186 Magniicent Sword-Billed Gerenuk 72 Gobi Jerboa ★ 110 Frilled Dragon 146 Mandarinish 188 Frigatebird 12 Hummingbird 44 Great Blue Turaco 74 Golden Snub-Nosed Laughing Kookaburra 148 Mantis Shrimp 190 Mexican Mole Lizard 14 Lelwel Hartebeest ★ 76 Monkey ★ 112 Mary River Turtle ★ 150 Mimic Octopus 192 Star-Nosed Mole ★ 16 EUROPE Long-Wattled Helmeted Pig-Nosed Turtle ★ 152 Moray Eel 194 Budapest Pigeon 46 Umbrellabird ★ 78 Hornbill ★★ 114 Platypus 154 Ocean Sunish ★ 196 SOUTH AMERICA Etruscan Shrew 48 Lowland Streaked Indian Purple Frog ★ 116 Superb Bird of Red Lionish 198 Anaconda 18 Eurasian Eagle Owl 50 Tenrec 80 Markhor 118 Paradise 156 Weedy Sea Dragon 200 Andean Condor 20 Hoopoe 52 Naked Mole Rat 82 Meishan Pig 120 Victoria Crowned Whitemargin Brazilian Horned Frog 22 Poitou 54 Pangolin ★★ 84 Proboscis Monkey ★ 122 Pigeon 158 Stargazer 202 Flightless Cormorant ★ 24 Red Crossbill 56 Minute Leaf Rhinoceros Southern Elephant Tardigrade 204 Galápagos Chameleon ★ 86 Hornbill ★ 124 Seal ★ 160 Tortoise ★★ 26 AFRICA Mouse Lemur ★ 88 Roti Island Snake- AUTHOR’S NOTE 206 Giant Anteater ★ 28 Aardvark 58 Mwanza Flat-Headed Necked Turtle ★★ 126 ANTARCTICA ★ Rock Agama Rough-Backed AND ARCTIC (AN ANIMAL WITH NEXT TO ITS Glass Frog 30 African Egg-Eating 90 NAME IS ENDANGERED OR NEARLY Maned Wolf 32 Snake 60 Satanic Leaf-Tailed Litter Snake 128 Chinstrap Penguin 162 ENDANGERED. AN ANIMAL WITH ★★ IS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. Matamata Turtle 34 African Shoebill ★ 62 Gecko 92 Shocking Pink Narwhal 164 READ THE AUTHOR'S NOTE TO Piranha 36 Aye-Aye Lemur ★ 64 Spiny Bush Viper 94 Dragon Millipede 130 Atlantic Pufin ★ 166 LEARN MORE.) AARDVARK Local to Africa his animal has a long snout to house Tits super-long tongue! That’s because aardvarks eat lots of insects. They invade termite hills with their sticky tongues to slurp up the bugs for a delicious meal. 58 DAMASCUS GOAT Local to Asia heck out this goat’s serious C underbite and extra-long ears. But don't call this strange-looking animal ugly. One Damascus goat named Qahr won first prize in a famous beauty contest in Riyadh — and the competition was fierce! 106 MEISHAN PIG Local to Asia CLONE HERE, PLEASE hese pigs have big droopy ears Tand wrinkled faces. Meishan pigs are a domesticated breed, meaning humans have managed these animals for a long time. In fact, these gentle pigs have been raised over thousands of years to be sweet and docile. 120 Proboscis Monkey★ Local to Asia nly male proboscis monkeys sprout this long Pinocchio-like nose! But it’s not because they tell lies. Scientists think the long nose amplifies the sound of their calls to help them compete for mates and scare away the competition. 122 PLATYPUS Local to Australia heck out the Frankenstein of animals.MOUNTAIN This PYGMY mammal POSSUM has the bill of a duck, the body of an otter and the tail of a beaver. Male platypuses even have . toxic feet? Small spurs on their feet contain venom that these animals can use for self defence. 154 NARWHAL Local to the Arctic eet the 'unicorns of the sea'. Their specialM tusks can grow as long as 2–3 metres. Scientists’ best guess is that narwhals use their tusks to stun fish as they hunt. The long tusk may also be part of a male’s appeal in mating rituals. 164.
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