Strangest Things in the World: A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of Nature
Thomas R. Henry
189 chapters · 11 h 51 min · English
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"THE STRANGEST THINGS IN THE WORLD - A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of Nature" This title sums up the wonderful line up in this book. Short pieces about the strange and often bewildering things that occur in our world, from the insect that is born pregnant, to the fearsome poison arrow frog and about 170 others. If you like odd facts and weird plants and animals, this collection will delight you. So pick something interesting and enjoy reading it. The author is one of the world’s best-known and most respected science writers. This book is a personal and unique distillation of the wisdom he has developed in a lifetime of dealing with man’s effort to resolve the paradoxes of nature.- from the Introduction (Summary by phil c and the introduction)
Chapters
1 The Invisible Underground Jungle 6 min 2 The Self-Perpetuating Sponge 4 min 3 Living "Stars" in Caves 7 min 4 Parenthood Among Penguins 3 min 5 The Strategy of Warrior Ants 10 min 6 Uganda's Miniature Dinosaur 2 min 7 The Strange Ways of Spiders 4 min 8 Worms With a Thousand Eyes 11 min 9 Queer Fish, But Definitely 6 min 10 Love Life Among the Spiders 2 min 11 The Lace Weavers 9 min 12 The Ways of Crabs 6 min 13 Ticks With Noses in Their Legs 1 min 14 The Fourth Realm of Life 6 min 15 Rubber-Band Worms that Stretch and Stretch 8 min 16 Frog Versatility 7 min 17 The Horned Viper Spears Other Animals 2 min 18 The World of Insects 5 min 19 Gigantic Serpents of the Sky 9 min 20 The Limbless Lizard 1 min 21 The Maddening Tarantula 2 min 22 A Flower That Grows Through Solid Ice 2 min 23 The Versatile Ant Farmers 6 min 24 Ostracoderms: Ancestors of True Fish 6 min 25 The Ever Faithful Hornbills 7 min 26 Ants With Tailor Skills 2 min 27 Fiend Symphonies of the Jungle 8 min 28 Tyrants of the Polychaete Race 7 min 29 Eating Habits of Spiders 1 min 30 The Suicide Instinct of Iguanas 2 min 31 Forests That Eat Meat 4 min 32 Cave-Dwelling Birds 4 min 33 Where Snails Become Flowers 2 min 34 Termites That Eat Lead 4 min 35 The Plant That Eats Animals 5 min 36 The Ocean's Sound Barrier 6 min 37 Snakes That Act and Look Like Worms 3 min 38 A Porcupine of the Sea 4 min 39 Worms That Are Unkillable 3 min 40 The Remarkable Brachiopods 8 min 41 Feathers on Birds Adapt to the Seasons 1 min 42 Why the Dodo Became Extinct 2 min 43 The Shark of the Soil 2 min 44 The Sleeping Habits of Mammals 1 min 45 The Eerie Eyes of Animals at Night 4 min 46 World of the Blind 6 min 47 The Remarkable Clam Worms 7 min 48 Winged Reptile 2 min 49 Vicious Fire Ants 2 min 50 The Architectural Genius of Birds 8 min 51 The Ferocious Leech Worms 8 min 52 The Complex Spider's Web 1 min 53 Monsters of the Deep: The Great Squids 9 min 54 The Vanishing Whippoorwill 4 min 55 Ants Can Smell Almost Anything 3 min 56 Fish That Fish For Fish 5 min 57 Worms That Are Flowers 11 min 58 The Heavy Toll of Bird Migrations 2 min 59 Deadly Snakes That Take Life Easy 3 min 60 Weird Plant-Animals 8 min 61 Weird Ways of Birds 4 min 62 The Fantastic Sea Horse 5 min 63 The Great Seal Migrations 5 min 64 Monsters With Buzz Saws 9 min 65 Two-Headed Snakes Aren't Rare 1 min 66 Fantastic Sea Creatures 3 min 67 The Varieties of Raven Language 3 min 68 Worms With Hypodermic Needles 3 min 69 The Fatal Black Widow Spider 2 min 70 Plants That are Animated 2 min 71 The Tomato, Cinderella of Vegetables 2 min 72 The Holiest Place on Earth 9 min 73 The Vanishing Golden Carpet 5 min 74 Evolution of the Bird 3 min 75 Speed Ace of the Air 3 min 76 The Remarkable Instincts of the Silk Worm 7 min 77 The Strange World of the Sea 8 min 78 The Cannibal Birds of the Pacific 5 min 79 Eagles as Indian Pets 2 min 80 The Giant Insects of the Carolines 3 min 81 The Valley Where Dusk is Death 4 min 82 Enigma of Evolution: the Snake 4 min 83 The Fastest Growth on Earth 6 min 84 Birds That Duel 3 min 85 Brakes on Plant Life 3 min 86 Snails Are the Flowers of the Sea 4 min 87 The Brutal South Pole Birds 3 min 88 Silk-Bearded Clams 4 min 89 Pearls Grow in Brooks 3 min 90 Grasshopper-Infested Glaciers 2 min 91 Monster Clams of Polynesia 1 min 92 Corals Combine Plants and Animal Life 4 min 93 The First Engineers, Termites 5 min 94 Oyster Oddities 2 min 95 The World's Biggest Sneeze 2 min 96 The Luminescent Ctenophores 5 min 97 The Forest That Time Forgot 4 min 98 The Versatility of the Elephant's Trunk 3 min 99 Fiendish Vampires of the Night 3 min 100 Remarkable Orchids 2 min 101 Nature's Insecticide: The Millipede 4 min 102 Bats Have Built-in Radar 4 min 103 Crabs That Climb Trees 4 min 104 The Ferocious Centipede 5 min 105 The Plant That Makes Men Dumb 2 min 106 The Scourge of the Earth: Locusts 6 min 107 Trees Can Grow Smaller 2 min 108 Underworld Cities 5 min 109 Plants That Create Mirages 3 min 110 The Octopus Worm: Evolution's Mystery 4 min 111 The Monster Bear of Kamchatka 4 min 112 Strange Denizens of the Deep 3 min 113 Communism Among the Bees 4 min 114 Candles on Bushes 2 min 115 The Desert Rat Manufactures Water 2 min 116 The Caste System of the Termite 4 min 117 The Shark That Stands Upright 2 min 118 The Dead Man's Vine 1 min 119 The Insect With Fourteen Lives 6 min 120 Shyness Characteristic of Giant Rats 1 min 121 Nocturnal Potto 2 min 122 Where Trees are Square 2 min 123 The Lamp That is a Beetle 1 min 124 Rainstorms of Worms 2 min 125 The Icy Arctic Wonderland 3 min 126 Fish That Live on Land 2 min 127 The Special Language of Bees 8 min 128 Poisonous Platters of the Sea 2 min 129 Our Un-American Food 4 min 130 Worms That Commit Mass Suicide 3 min 131 Fish That Survive Freezing 3 min 132 Plants That Kill 3 min 133 Caterpillars That Pretend to be Snakes 2 min 134 All Plants Are Luminous 3 min 135 Worms That Live in the Snow 3 min 136 The Strange Ways of Snails 8 min 137 Vision-Producing Plants 3 min 138 The Abominable Snow Man 5 min 139 Fish That Sing in the Moonlight 3 min 140 Brazil's Vicious Glow Worm 2 min 141 Grasshoppers Like Chameleons 3 min 142 Beetles That Helped an Army 1 min 143 Worms in Medical History 2 min 144 Toads That Make Poison Gas 1 min 145 Plants That Thrive on Ice-Bloom 3 min 146 Poison Arrow Frogs 3 min 147 The Seal That Can "Lose" Its Head 2 min 148 The Delectable Horned Viper 2 min 149 Flying Snakes, Frogs and Toads 2 min 150 Eagles Build Log Cabin Nests 2 min 151 The Predatory Mantid 4 min 152 Fireflies as Electricians 4 min 153 The Mollusk Vampire of Hell 4 min 154 Climbing and Flying Frogs 6 min 155 Mad Dog Cycles 3 min 156 The Amazing Survival of the Opossum 5 min 157 Mammal Prototypes of the "Mermaid" 6 min 158 Limbless Lizards and Glass Snakes 3 min 159 The Only Bug in the Sea 2 min 160 A Crocodile With Life After Death 10 min 161 The Salamander That Lives Like a Worm 4 min 162 Three-eyed Lizards of New Zealand 7 min 163 Prodigious Fertility of Insects 1 min 164 The Lizard That Runs Out of Its Own Skin 2 min 165 High Living in the Himalayas 3 min 166 Barking Spider Monkeys 3 min 167 The Insect That is Born Pregnant 2 min 168 Bull-dog Animals 1 min 169 Foresight of Kangaroo Rats 1 min 170 The Primitive Proturans 1 min 171 Air-Conditioned Homes of Beavers 3 min 172 The Demon of Puerto Rico 3 min 173 Man-Made Plants 5 min 174 The Great Seal Migration 2 min 175 The Magic Bark of the Cinchona Tree 2 min 176 Colombia's Ant Tree 2 min 177 The Strange Behavior of Plants 5 min 178 Venezuela's Nocturnal Orchid 2 min 179 The Plant That Strikes Men Dumb 2 min 180 Combat of Moth and Shrew 2 min 181 The Ferocious Snake Weasel 2 min 182 The Rabbit That Swims 3 min 183 Gorilla Warriors of the Belgian Congo 3 min 184 The Biggest "Rat" in the World 1 min 185 The Suicide Marches of Lemmings 3 min 186 The Ferocity of the Tiger 3 min 187 The Fearsome Porcupine 2 min 188 The Plant That Stimulates Visions 4 min 189 The Puzzling Platypus 4 min
