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    Lonely Planet World's Wackiest Animals
    Lonely Planet World's Wackiest Animals
    Lonely Planet World's Wackiest Animals
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    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!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLonely Planet
    Release dateFeb 1, 2020
    ISBN9781788687607
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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

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