Top 10: Oddities

Top 10: Oddities — page 1 — O45th Parallel Press Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Content Adviser Stephen Ditchkoff Professor of Wild ife Ecology and Management Auburn University Alabama Reading Adviser Marla Conn Readability Inc Book Designer Melinda Millward Photo Credits Seatraveler Dreamstime com cover 1 7 Piyus Silaban Dreamstime com 5 18 ©Berendje Photography Shutterstock rages 6 ©Edwin Butter Shutterstock rages 6 ©Rich rard Whitcombe Shutterstock rages 6 ©Ryan M Bolton Shutterstock Images 8 ©Parkроom Photography Shutterstock Images 10 ©Suede Chen Shutterstock Images 11 ©ivkuzmin iStockphoto 12 Oworldswildlifewonders Shutterstock Images 12 nattanan726 Shutterstock Images 12 ©Vilainecrevette Shutterstock Images 13 ©lvan Kuzmin Shutterstock Images 14 breakermaximus Shutterstock Images 15 Oswedishmonica Thinkstock 16 ®feathercollector Shutterstock Images 16 17 Andrea Izzotti Shutterstock Images 18 Worakit Sirijinda Shutterstock Images 18 Jennifer Brady Dreamstime com 19 Jana Shea Shutterstock Images 20 Ethan Daniels Shutterstock Images 20 ©Virunja Shutterstock Images 20 ©arous Shutterstock Images 21 Paul Starosta Corbis 22 23 ©javarman Shutterstock Images 24 Gdennisvdwater Canstock 24 Gdennisvdw Thinkstock 25 Johncarnemolla Dreams time com 26 David Watts Visuals Unlimited Corbis 27 Kasparart Dreamstime com 28 UNOAA NMFS SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory Collection of Brandi Noble NOAA NMFS SEFSC http www flickr com CC BY 20 28 Norbert Wu Minden Pictures Newscom 29 Bluegreen Pictures Alamy Stock Photo 30 Graphic Element Credits tukkki Shutterstock Im rages back cover front cover multiple interior pages paprika Shutterstock Images back cover front cover multiple interior pages Silhouette Lover Shutterstock Images multiple interior pages Copyright 2016 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher 45th Parallel Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Loh Hagan Virginia author Top 10 oddities by Virginia Loh Hagan pages cm Wild wicked wonderful ISBN 978 63470 504 2 hardcover ISBN 978 1 63470 624 7 pbk ISBN 978 1 63470 564 6 pdf ISBN 978 1 63470 684 1 ebook Animals Juvenile literature I Title II Title Top ten oddities Ill Title Oddities AL49 L835 2016 590 dc23 2015026856 Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics About the Author Dr Virginia Loh Hagan is an author university professor former classroom teacher and curriculum designer She loves all the odd things about her friends Odd is special Odd is cool She lives in San Diego with her very tall husband and very naughty dogs To learn more about her visit www virginialoh

Top 10: Oddities — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 4 Chapter one Proboscis Monkeys Chapter two Stalk Eyed Flies 10 Chapter three Sloths 12 Chapter four Flying Fish 16 Chapter five Cassowaries 18 Chapter six Horseshoe crabs 20 Chapter seven Hairy Frogs Chapter eight Aye Ayes 24 Chapter nine Platypuses 26 Chapter ten Anglerfish 28 Consider This 32 Glossary Index 32 32

Top 10: Oddities — page 3 — INTRODUCTION Animals are odd They look odd They do odd things They stand out They re special They re odd for different reasons They develop ways to survive Survive means to stay alive They re built for their environment Environment means their homes They adapt to where they live Adapt means change Being odd is key That s how they hunt That s how they eat That s how they protect themselves Some animals are extreme oddities Oddities are strange things Their looks are odder than most Their habits are odder than most Habits are ways of doing things They're the most exciting oddities in the animal

Top 10: Oddities — page 4 — Over time animals have evolved or changed to

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