50 questions avd iV thse _/ — guswer KINGFISHER NEW YORK WHAT’S BOOK? IN THIS KINGFISHER LONDON & NEW YORK Copyright Published 175 Fifth Kingfisher Macnillan All rights © Kingfisher 2013 in the United States by Kingfisher, Ave., New York, NY 10010 ig an imprint of Children’s Books, London reserved Written and Illustrated by Dynamo Limited Concept by Jo Connor Distributed in the U.S and Canada by Macnillan, 1#5 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data has been applied for ISBN: 978-O-7534-7098-5 Kingfisher books are available for special promotions and premiums For details contact: Special Markets Department, Macmillan, New York, NY 10010 1%5 Fifth Ave., for more information, please visit www.kingfisherbooks.com Printed in China 1098%654321 TTR/0413/LFG6/UG/140MA ANIMALS HOW MANY ANIMALS ARE THERE IN THE WORLD? WHY ARE PLANTS NOT ANIMALS? | HOW DO ANIMALS GET THEIR NAMES? HAVE WE DISCOVERED EVERY ANIMAL THERE IS? 10 WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT INSECTS? 11 DO INSECTS LIVE EVERYWHERE? 1Z WHY DO SOME INSECTS BUZZ? 13 HOW BIG DO INSECTS GROW? 14 WHICH INSECT MAKES NOISES WITH ITS LEGS? 15 WHICH INSECT HAS A STINKY SHOOTING WEAPON? — 16 HOW BIG CAN A SWARM OF INSECTS GET? 1% WHICH CREEPY-CRAWLY HAS THE MOST LEGS? 18 WHY ISN’T A SPIDER LIKE A FLY? 19 HOW BIG CAN A SPIDER GROW? ZO HOW DO FISH SWIM SO SPEEDILY? : Z1 WHICH FISH WOULD WIN IN A FISH RACE? ZZ WHICH SHARK HAS THE BIGGEST MOUTH? Z3 WHICH SHARK LOOKS LIKE A CARPET? Z4 WHICH UNDERSEA ANIMAL CAN OPEN A JAR? 25 WHAT IS THE MOST POISONOUS IN THE WORLD? 26 WHICH FISH CAN FLY? ZF WHICH FISH CAN CLIMB TREES? 28 WHAT CROAKS, HOPS, AND SWIMS UNDERWATER? 29 30 31 DO FROGS ANIMAL LIVE IN TREES? 43 44 4g 46 47 48 49 50 51 32 DO ELEPHANTS GET ANGRY? 33 WHAT DO LIONS DO MOST? 34 WHICH BIG MAMMAL HAS TINY BABIES? 35 WHICH MAMMAL HAS POISONOUS SPIKES? 36 WHICH IS THE LOUDEST MAMMAL? SF WHICH MAMMAL IS THE SMELLIEST? 38 WHAT DOES A DOG’S BARK MEAN? 39 WHEN DO MICE SING LIKE BIRDS? 40 CAN ALL BIRDS FLY? 41 WHICH BIRD LAYS THE BIGGEST EGGS? 42 WHEN IS A BIRD LIKE A BEE? WHICH BIRDS ARE THE BEST BUILDERS? DO BIRDS DECORATE THEIR HOMES? WHY DO SNAKES LIKE TO SUNBATHE? COULD A SNAKE SWALLOW A HUMAN? WHICH LIZARD CAN WALK ON WATER? WHICH LIZARD HAS SUPERSTICKY TOES? WHY IS A LIZARD’S TONGUE A SECRET WEAPON? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN A CHAMELEON IS ANGRY? 52 CAN CROCODILES TALK? 53 HOW CAN YOU TELL AN ALLIGATOR FROM A CROCODILE? HOW IS A HUMAN LIKE A BLUE WHALE? WHO HAS THE BIGGEST BABIES IN THE WORLD? WHICH BIRD CAN SWIM SUPERFAST UNDERWATER? 54 WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL IS AN EARTHWORM? 55 56 58 WHY ARE EARTHWORMS SO SLIMY? 60 62 64 TRICKY WORDS QUICK-QUIZ QUESTIONS QUICK-QUIZ ANSWERS WHERE TO FIND STUFF FAREWELL While we were searching for all of those answers, we found out some other pretty interesting things, too We wrote them all down on these panels— SO you can memorize these facts and impress your friends! DidSy There you know =:° are apo) © sects "© (2) million species of — ~ os Sr Are you ready for this big adventure? Then let’s go! - — Nobody knows how many animals there are inthe world or even how many species (types of animals) exist Scientists have discovered and named around 1.5 million species so far About three-fourths of them are insects | — Animal names come from many different languages For example, “giraffe” comes from “zirafa"— a very old Arabic word meaning ‘long neck.” Each animal has a scientific Latin name, too, normally chosen by the person who discovered it signal totheir mom that they are ready _tocome out Crocodiles are very talkative reptiles They cough, grant, hiss roar, and rumble to communicate with one another Each crocodile has its own distinctive voice Crocodiles and alligators can run fast over short distances on land Alligators and crocodiles are both reptiles, but they look | \ | KCC different Alligators have a wide _ snout, which is good for crushing animals such as turtles Crocodiles have ~anarrower snout, which is better for eatching fish An alligator’s lower teeth | are hidden when its mouth is shat 53 worms Some are too Smal of them l without @ mi to se, croscope An carts Ni | PM is from q gro Calley up of animals NNelicfs The y have no b bones or li mbs, ST the y have ting ir bristles on thei body to he r lp them slide alon g Earthworms not have lungs They breathe through their skin, but they can this only if their skin stays wet-so they make body slime to keep themselves moist Did you know Earthworms that get chopped in half not survive as two Separa worms, but an earte thworm can regrow the tip of its tail if it gets cut off 55 7, How flies buzz? a) by beatin g theip wings quickly; p) by Waggling th eip tail = What legs tin name? 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Sa 9€ckog Und 1.5 hillion ¥ a a) by¥ b beating has Yes Each animal Latin hame, which ig its gcientitic name a) river horse ° Six le9s- re live everywhe Yes Insects n ea oc e except in th g 10 11 A gwarm Eight le99- False A shark theip wings quick uickly, qt s*™ is e uging e¥ glid | No.O Th Fins winglike 14 Yes hibian 16e a packbone s have l a m m a m All Ye os.y TF 18 19 Z0 pe hows, ey rat jo Australia, An ostrich prile 23 * @) q jizand BALLISTIC If something is ballistic, it ig able to move extremely quickly and with force Some lizards have a “ballistic” Tongue that they can flick out very fast CAMOUFLAGE The colors or patterns on ah ahimal’s skin or fur that help it blend in with its surroundings CELLS The tiny building blocks that make up the bodies of living things AMPHIBIANS fA group of animals that can live both in water and on land ANNELIDS fi group of animals with no bones or limbs Earthworms are annelids CHAMELEON fi type of lizard that can change the color of its skin COLD-BLOODED When an animal’s temperature is controlled by its surrounding environment rather than by its own body’s chemical reactions ELECTROPERCEPTION ANTENNAE Sensitive feelers that gome animals use to help them sense the world The ability to detect the electrical signals given off by animals when they around them move their muscles ARACHNIDS AV group of animals that have EXOSKELETON A hard covering, like armor, on the outside of an ahimal’s body Insects have exogkeletons eight legs and no backbone Spiders are arachnids BACKBONE A series of small bones form the spine (backbone) of gome animals Humans have a backbone FILTER To sift out tiny pieces from a liquid Some whales feed by filtering out tiny creatures from seawater POLLEN A fine powder produced by flowers that FIN contains the material needed to make new plant seeds A flat body part that helps creatures guch as fish balance, move, or steer in the water REPTILES A group of cold-blooded animals with scaly skin Most reptiles lay goft—shell eggs FOSSIL The ancient, preserved remains of an animal or a plant found in rock SPECIES A particular type of animal GILLS The special body parts that allow fish fo extract oxygen from water, which they STREAMLINED need for breathing SWIM BLADDER A small, gas-filled pouch—a little like a balloon—ingide a fish’s body that helps the fish float at different GLAND fi body part that makes chemicals for fi smooth shape depths underwater the body to use A skunk makes a stinky liquid in its scent glands to scare off other animals TENTACLE INSECTS A group of animals that have six legs, fA long, thin feeler that gome creatures have Tentacles grow out of an animal’s head three main body sections, and no backbone THORAX LATIN The middle section of an insect’s The language spoken in ancient Rome, used three-part body today for the scientific names of animals MAMMALS A group of animals that feed their young with the mother’s milk and have a backbone Humans are mammals MANGROVE A type of tree that can grow in salty water on the edge of a 3ea or ocean VENOM A type of poigon made by an animal VERTEBRATE An dnimal with a spine, or backbone (“Backbone” is algo in this glossary.) VIBRATE To ghake very quickly E WHERE earthworms eggs To FIND 54-55 41, 42, 52 electroperception elephant birds elephants 32 STUFF 35, 41 emperor penguins exoskeletons 43 10, 60 F fish 20-23, 25, 26-27 60, flies flying fossils frogs A alligators 53 amphibians 28-29, annelids 54-55, arachnids 60 60 18-19, 60 C carpet sharks B bats 34 chameleons bee hummingbirds bees 50, 51, 60 cockroaches 12, 13 beetles birds 42 crickets 6, 13, 15 crocodiles 23 10 blue whales bombardier bowerbirds 15 14 §2-53 beetles 15 45 box jellyfish 25 brown basilisk lizards bumblebee bats 34 48 Devil’s coach horse beetles 15 dogs 38 dragonflies 10 dusky scrubfowl geckos 46, 49 gentoo penguins gibbons D 30-31, 36 43 giant elephant shrews 30 40-45 blister beetles 61 12 fish 26 10, 47, 61 28-29 gourami 44 39 giraffes 86, 31 goliath beetles 13 goliath bird—eating Spiders 19 27 grasshoppers 14 great horned owls OF H O T hippopotamuses octopuses howler monkeys 36 ostrich IJK 24 tarantulas 19 40, 41 Titanoboa 47 PR Indo-Pacific sailfish 21 insects 6, 10-16 jellyfish 25 kangaroos 34 L VW Paedocypris 20 vertebrates parrots 42 penguins 40, 43 plants 7, 16 water boatmen 14 whales 30-31, 36 whale sharks 20, 22 platypuses wobbegongs 35 poigon—dart frogs lionfish lions 25 worms 23 54-55 25, 29, 35 lizards 486-51 polecats locusts 16 pygmy geckos 37 46 pygmy parrots M reptiles mammals 30-31, 32-33, 34-35, rhinoceros 36-37, 38-39, mangrove rivulus 44 61 Z7 42— 46-53, 61 8, 32 S sailfish 21 gea anemones pesaiadey =22 sharks 20, 22-23 mice 39 skunks 37 nillipedes 29 poisonous creatures 33 marting 30, 61 17 snakes 46-47 spiders 18-19 N stick insects nests 42, 44 noises, animal 36, 38-39, 52 13 gurgeonfish 25 swallows 44 | Wow! 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