Introduction CHAPTER 1 BIGGEST And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study Mystery of the Monster Fish Spotlight Birds of a Feather Chart Topping Body Parts Creature Feature The Amazing Japanese Giant Salamander Species Smackdown Battle of the Brains By the Numbers The Great Weigh In Blast From the Past History's Most Hulking Dino Big at a Glance In Our World Octopuses Big Brains and Big Smarts Fun and Games Name Those Teeth CHAPTER 2 SMALLEST And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study World's Smallest Pet Pig Spotlight Microscopic Wonders Diverse Destination Home Sweet Home Creature Feature Small but Deadly Species Smackdown Tiny Terrors By the Numbers Born Itty Bitty Blast From the Past Winged Mystery Small at a Glance In Our World Cockroach Cam Fun and Games Now You See Them or Do You CHAPTER 3 FASTEST And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study The Science of Speed Spotlight Turbo Arthropods Quick Disguises Fastest Costume Changers Creature Feature Mantis Madness Species Smackdown Fast Clash By the Numbers Species Speedometer Blast From the Past Dino Speed Racer Fast at a Glance In Our World Bug Inspired Bots Fun and Games Medal Matchup CHAPTER 4 SLOWEST And the Winner ls The Runners Up Case Study The Speed of Sight Spotlight Slow and Steady Under the Sea Case Study Poky Pups Creature Feature Slow Species DNA Fast
Species Smackdown How Slow Can You Go By the Numbers The Race for Last Place Blast From the Past A Slow Slow Dino Slow at a Glance In Our World Have a Headache Try Some Snail Venom Fun and Games Slow Slower Slowest CHAPTER 5 LOUDEST And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study Animal Chatterboxes Spotlight That Sounded Like a Case Study Get Out of My Territory Creature Feature Singing Dogs Species Smackdown Who's Louder Anyway By the Numbers Make Some Noise Blast From the Past Loudest Dino Blast Loud at a Glance In Our World Whistling a New Tune Fun and Games Say What CHAPTER 6 WEIRDEST And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study Real Wild Discoveries Spotlight Rare Animal Oddities Case Study Animal Mash Ups Creature Feature Freaky Features Species Smackdown Who's Weirder By the Numbers The Weird Wild Blast From the Past Real Life Bigfoot Odd at a Glance In Our World The Secret of the Mole Rat Fun and Games Weird But True Animal IQ CHAPTER 7 DEADLIEST And the winner is The Runners Up Case Study Deadly Snakes Have Built in GPS Spotlight Killer Instincts Case Study Seriously Sneaky Snakes Creature Feature Small but Deadly Species Smackdown Ultimate Animal Matchups Case Study Predator Progress Report Blast From the Past The Deadliest Dino Deadly at a Glance In Our World The Value of Venom Fun and Games Deadly Defenses Index Credits Copyright
THE BIGGEST SMALLEST FASTEST SLOWEST LOUDEST WERDEST AND DEADLIEST CRITTERS ON THE PLANET FLIP THE PAGE AND DIVE ON IN In National Geographic Kids Animal Records you will learn about the coolest and most curious creatures that have ever run swam jumped flapped soared scampered or slithered their way across planet Earth Enjoy a front row seat to see animals go paw to claw in species smackdowns drop in on dinos having a blast from the past explore the wild world of animal mysteries in the case studies and test your animal IQ in the fun and games sections Best of all you'll read about some awesome researchers and scientists who are going to great lengths to bring it all to you Each chapter crowns a king of each category and assigns awards to runners up so you'll know all of the weird and wacky ways that win ners are determined You'll read about the largest reptile the smallest bird the slowest fish the cutest killer the master of disguise and the most incredible insect How is it possible that the loudest and deadliest animals on Earth are less than an inch 25 mm long Keep reading to find out There are surprises with every flip of page the
