Lonely Planet World's Wackiest Animals
By Anna Poon
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Take a walk on the weird side as Lonely Planet Kids reveals 100 of the world's strangest animals. From glass frogs and mole lizards to umbrella birds and fishing spiders, discover crazy creatures and rare species you've never heard of before from all corners of the globe!
Meet the egg-eating snake and satanic leaf-tailed gecko from Africa; the chinstrap penguin and narwhal from the Arctic Circle; the Bornean bearded pig and snub-nosed monkey from Asia; the frilled dragon and superb bird-of-paradise from Australia; the hoopoe and Etruscan shrew from Europe; the ghost-faced bat and magnificent frigatebird from North America; the Brazilian horned frog and red-lipped batfish from South America; and lots more!
You'll then plunge into the dark depths of the oceans to meet fish and deep sea marine life, like the hairy frogfish, immortal jellyfish, crown-of-thorns starfish and the mimic octopus.
Who will you crown the world's wackiest?
About Lonely Planet Kids: Lonely Planet Kids - an imprint of the world's leading travel authority Lonely Planet - published its first book in 2011. Over the past 45 years, Lonely Planet has grown a dedicated global community of travellers, many of whom are now sharing a passion for exploration with their children. Lonely Planet Kids educates and encourages young readers at home and in school to learn about the world with engaging books on culture, sociology, geography, nature, history, space and more. We want to inspire the next generation of global citizens and help kids and their parents to approach life in a way that makes every day an adventure. Come explore!
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Lonely Planet World's Wackiest Animals - Anna Poon
CONTENTS
NORTH AMERICA
California Condor ★★
Ghost-Faced Bat
Gila Monster
Magnificent Frigatebird
Mexican Mole Lizard
Star-Nosed Mole ★
SOUTH AMERICA
Anaconda
Andean Condor
Brazilian Horned Frog
Flightless Cormorant ★
Galápagos Tortoise ★★
Giant Anteater ★
Glass Frog
Maned Wolf
Matamata Turtle
Piranha
Potoo
Pygmy Marmoset
Red-Lipped Batfish
Sword-Billed Hummingbird
EUROPE
Budapest Pigeon
Etruscan Shrew
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Hoopoe
Poitou
Red Crossbill
AFRICA
Aardvark
African Egg-Eating Snake
African Shoebill ★
Aye-Aye Lemur ★
Colobus Monkey
Egyptian Goose
Galago
Gerenuk
Great Blue Turaco
Lelwel Hartebeest ★
Long-Wattled Umbrellabird ★
Lowland Streaked Tenrec
Naked Mole Rat
Pangolin ★★
Minute Leaf Chameleon ★
Mouse Lemur ★
Mwanza Flat-Headed Rock Agama
Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko
Spiny Bush Viper
ASIA
Babirusa ★
Bornean Bearded Pig ★
Chevrotain (Mouse Deer) ★
Chinese Giant Salamander ★★
Chinese Water Deer ★
Damascus Goat
Gharial ★★
Gobi Jerboa ★
Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey ★
Helmeted Hornbill ★★
Indian Purple Frog ★
Markhor
Meishan Pig
Proboscis Monkey ★
Rhinoceros Hornbill ★
Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle ★★
Rough-Backed Litter Snake
Shocking Pink Dragon Millipede
Siamang ★
Silkworm Moth
Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Tarsier Monkey ★
Veiled Chameleon
AUSTRALIA
Cassowary
Short-Beaked Echidna
Frilled Dragon
Laughing Kookaburra
Mary River Turtle ★
Pig-Nosed Turtle ★
Platypus
Superb Bird of Paradise
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Southern Elephant Seal ★
ANTARCTICA AND ARCTIC
Chinstrap Penguin
Narwhal
Atlantic Puffin ★
OCEANS
Anglerfish
Basking Shark ★
Black Dragonfish
Coral
Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
Giant Clam ★
Glaucus Atlanticus
Hairy Frogfish
Immortal Jellyfish
Lanternfish
Mandarinfish
Mantis Shrimp
Mimic Octopus
Moray Eel
Ocean Sunfish ★
Red Lionfish
Weedy Sea Dragon
Whitemargin Stargazer
Tardigrade
AUTHOR’S NOTE
(AN ANIMAL WITH ★ NEXT TO ITS NAME IS ENDANGERED OR NEARLY ENDANGERED. AN ANIMAL WITH ★★ IS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. READ THE AUTHOR’S NOTE TO LEARN MORE.)
CALIFORNIA CONDOR★★
Local to North America
Believe it or not, these scavengers are bald for a reason. Their main source of nutrition is dead meat! That means these birds have to dive head-first into animal carcasses to eat. Condors can stay