Earth's Amazing Animals CORE CONTENT LIBRARY ANIMAL TOP Animal Tricksters Joanne Mattern 10 RED CHAIR PRESS
Introduction Sometimes it’s fun to play a trick on someone People play tricks to be funny Other times tricks can be more serious Think about a spy who wears a disguise Spies have to pretend to be people they aren’t If their disguise doesn’t work they could be arrested or even killed Animals play tricks too But they aren’t trying to be funny Animals play tricks to stay alive Just like a spy who wears a disguise some animals know that if they can fool other animals they can survive another day Animal tricks can be sneaky and very strange But they help animals find food or protect them from enemies We’ve put together a list of the Top Ten Animal Tricksters See why these animals are the sneakiest creatures on Planet Earth 4
And the Winners Are Here are our choices for the Top 10 Animal Tricksters Turn the pages to find out more about each of these sneaky creatures 10 The Leaf Fish 9 The Orchid Mantis 8 The Opossum 7 The Margay 6 The Alcon Blue Butterfly 5 The Cuckoo Finch 4 The Mimic Octopus 3 The Fork-Tailed Drongo 2 The Assassin Bug 1 The Puppeteer Spider 9 6 3 5
