World's Wackiest Animals 1 Preview
ASIA (Asia, cont.) OCEANS Babirusa ★ 96 Siamang ★ 132 Angler ish 168 Bornean Bearded Silkworm Moth 134 Basking Shark ★ 170 CONTENTS Pig ★ 98 Sri Lanka Black Dragon ish 172 Chevrotain Frogmouth 136 Coral 174 (Mouse Deer) ★ 100 Tarsier Monkey ★ 138 Crown-of-Thorns Chinese Giant Veiled Chameleon 140 Star ish 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 Frog ish 182 Ghost-Faced Bat 8 Pygmy Marmoset 40 Egyptian Goose 68 Damascus Goat 106 Short-Beaked Immortal Jelly ish 184 Gila Monster 10 Red-Lipped Bat ish 42 Galago 70 Gharial ★★ 108 Echidna 144 Lantern ish 186 Magni icent Sword-Billed Gerenuk 72 Gobi Jerboa ★ 110 Frilled Dragon 146 Mandarin ish 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 Sun ish ★ 196 SOUTH AMERICA Etruscan Shrew 48 Lowland Streaked Indian Purple Frog ★ 116 Superb Bird of Red Lion ish 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 Puf in ★ 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!
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Local to Asia
and wrinkled faces. Meishan pigs Meishan faces. and wrinkled hese pigs have big droopy ears big droopy hese pigs have
are a domesticated breed, meaning breed, a domesticated are for a long time. In fact, these gentle In fact, for a long time. humans have managed these animals humans have thousands over been raised pigs have
of years to be sweet and docile. to be sweet of years T MEISHAN PIG 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.
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