The Strangest Things in the World: A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of…


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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) (11 hr 50 min)

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The Invisible Underground Jungle 6:03 Gelesen von Marie Christian
The Self-Perpetuating Sponge 3:54 Gelesen von Marie Christian
Living “Stars” in Caves 6:52 Gelesen von Marie Christian
Parenthood Among Penguins 3:25 Gelesen von Marie Christian
The Strategy of Warrior Ants 10:01 Gelesen von Marie Christian
Uganda’s Miniature Dinosaur. 1:44 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
The Strange Ways of Spiders 4:23 Gelesen von maxmagnus99
Worms With a Thousand Eyes 11:05 Gelesen von Darrell Nobles
Queer Fish, But Definitely 6:13 Gelesen von Oris99
Love Life Among the Spiders 1:45 Gelesen von Tia Wright
The Lace Weavers 8:54 Gelesen von elibishop
The Ways of Crabs 6:28 Gelesen von Tia Wright
Ticks With Noses in Their Legs 1:26 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
The Fourth Realm of Life 5:30 Gelesen von Tia Wright
Rubber-Band Worms that Stretch and Stretch 7:57 Gelesen von Tom Merritt
Frog Versatility 6:46 Gelesen von Tom Merritt
The Horned Viper Spears Other Animals 1:48 Gelesen von lagrange123
The World of Insects 4:58 Gelesen von Winnifred Assmann
Gigantic Serpents of the Sky 8:35 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
The Limbless Lizard 1:17 Gelesen von RajVO
The Maddening Tarantula 1:50 Gelesen von bkelle
A Flower That Grows Through Solid Ice 1:54 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
The Versatile Ant Farmers 5:54 Gelesen von ToniM
Ostracoderms: Ancestors of True Fish 5:47 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
The Ever Faithful Hornbills 6:58 Gelesen von Jananiram
Ants With Tailor Skills 2:03 Gelesen von bkelle
Fiend Symphonies of the Jungle 8:11 Gelesen von Tia Wright
Tyrants of the Polychaete Race 6:58 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Eating Habits of Spiders 1:16 Gelesen von bkelle
The Suicide Instinct of Iguanas 1:52 Gelesen von Tia Wright
Forests That Eat Meat 4:07 Gelesen von Oris99
Cave-Dwelling Birds 3:31 Gelesen von Winnifred Assmann
Where Snails Become Flowers 2:19 Gelesen von Mike Manolakes
Termites That Eat Lead 4:05 Gelesen von Mike Manolakes
The Plant That Eats Animals 4:56 Gelesen von Tom Merritt
The Ocean’s Sound Barrier 5:41 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
Snakes That Act and Look Like Worms 2:38 Gelesen von Tia Wright
A Porcupine of the Sea 4:12 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
Worms That Are Unkillable 3:22 Gelesen von inararabbani
The Remarkable Brachiopods 8:00 Gelesen von Oris99
Feathers on Birds Adapt to the Seasons 1:29 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Why the Dodo Became Extinct 1:41 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
The Shark of the Soil 2:13 Gelesen von Tia Wright
The Sleeping Habits of Mammals 1:28 Gelesen von Tia Wright
The Eerie Eyes of Animals at Night 3:55 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
World of the Blind 6:13 Gelesen von Tia Wright
The Remarkable Clam Worms 7:08 Gelesen von gnels17
Winged Reptile 1:33 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Vicious Fire Ants 1:42 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
The Architectural Genius of Birds 7:39 Gelesen von lagrange123
The Ferocious Leech Worms 8:24 Gelesen von lagrange123
The Complex Spider’s Web 1:02 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Monsters of the Deep: The Great Squids 9:27 Gelesen von Andrea Kotzer
The Vanishing Whippoorwill 3:58 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Ants Can Smell Almost Anything 3:05 Gelesen von Winnifred Assmann
Fish That Fish For Fish 5:26 Gelesen von ABVoice
Worms That Are Flowers 11:13 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
The Heavy Toll of Bird Migrations 2:19 Gelesen von ToniM
Deadly Snakes That Take Life Easy 2:56 Gelesen von Andrea Kotzer
Weird Plant-Animals 7:47 Gelesen von Winston Smith
Weird Ways of Birds 4:25 Gelesen von Kevin Waters
The Fantastic Sea Horse 5:03 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
The Great Seal Migrations 4:38 Gelesen von Mike Manolakes
Monsters With Buzz Saws 8:52 Gelesen von Mike Manolakes
Two-Headed Snakes Aren’t Rare 1:07 Gelesen von Ben Tucker
Fantastic Sea Creatures 3:15 Gelesen von Winston Smith
The Varieties of Raven Language 3:06 Gelesen von ChristosPax
Worms With Hypodermic Needles 3:26 Gelesen von Winston Smith
The Fatal Black Widow Spider 1:39 Gelesen von Kevin Waters
Plants That are Animated 2:11 Gelesen von Tia Wright
The Tomato—Cinderella of Vegetables 2:21 Gelesen von Tia Wright
The Holiest Place on Earth 8:58 Gelesen von Kevin Waters
The Vanishing Golden Carpet 4:42 Gelesen von Andrea Kotzer
Evolution of the Bird 2:37 Gelesen von Tom Merritt
Speed Ace of the Air 3:06 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
The Remarkable Instincts of the Silk Worm 6:58 Gelesen von Tom Merritt
The Strange World of the Sea 7:53 Gelesen von Lynn Marie
The Cannibal Birds of the Pacific 4:48 Gelesen von Tia Wright
Eagles as Indian Pets 1:50 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
The Giant Insects of the Carolines 2:47 Gelesen von Andrea Kotzer
The Valley Where Dusk is Death 4:03 Gelesen von Kevin Waters
Enigma of Evolution: the Snake 3:58 Gelesen von Tom Merritt
The Fastest Growth on Earth 5:39 Gelesen von Tom Merritt
Birds That Duel 2:36 Gelesen von mleigh
Brakes on Plant Life 3:26 Gelesen von Mike Manolakes
Snails Are the Flowers of the Sea 3:45 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
The Brutal South Pole Birds 2:33 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
Silk-Bearded Clams 3:36 Gelesen von JimLawter
Pearls Grow in Brooks 2:38 Gelesen von Tia Wright
Grasshopper-Infested Glaciers 1:45 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
Monster Clams of Polynesia 1:10 Gelesen von Tia Wright
Corals Combine Plants and Animal Life 4:23 Gelesen von Winston Smith
The First Engineers—Termites 5:22 Gelesen von Winston Smith
Oyster Oddities 1:41 Gelesen von Tom Merritt
The World’s Biggest Sneeze 1:42 Gelesen von mleigh
The Luminescent Ctenophores 4:47 Gelesen von ChristosPax
The Forest That Time Forgot 3:35 Gelesen von Ben Tucker
The Versatility of the Elephant’s Trunk 2:43 Gelesen von Tia Wright
Fiendish Vampires of the Night 3:20 Gelesen von Ben Tucker
Remarkable Orchids 2:07 Gelesen von Kevin Waters
Nature’s Insecticide: The Millipede 4:04 Gelesen von Winston Smith
Bats Have Built-in Radar 4:13 Gelesen von Kevin Waters
Crabs That Climb Trees 4:03 Gelesen von Kevin Waters
The Ferocious Centipede 5:23 Gelesen von lbleath
The Plant That Makes Men Dumb 1:30 Gelesen von Kevin Waters
The Scourge of the Earth: Locusts 5:37 Gelesen von Kevin Waters
Trees Can Grow Smaller 1:52 Gelesen von Tia Wright
Underworld Cities 4:42 Gelesen von juliaviolin
Plants That Create Mirages 3:25 Gelesen von mleigh
The Octopus Worm: Evolution’s Mystery 3:33 Gelesen von Caleb Stagayama
The Monster Bear of Kamchatka 4:18 Gelesen von Caleb Stagayama
Strange Denizens of the Deep 3:13 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
Communism Among the Bees 3:59 Gelesen von emilyz
Candles on Bushes 1:34 Gelesen von Winnifred Assmann
The Desert Rat Manufactures Water 1:33 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
The Caste System of the Termite 3:48 Gelesen von czandra
The Shark That Stands Upright 2:01 Gelesen von redfalcon1009
The Dead Man’s Vine 1:19 Gelesen von Ben Tucker
The Insect With Fourteen Lives 5:47 Gelesen von Laurie Banza
Shyness Characteristic of Giant Rats 1:13 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
Nocturnal Potto 1:35 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
Where Trees are Square 1:36 Gelesen von mleigh
The Lamp That is a Beetle 1:04 Gelesen von SherlHolmesMD
Rainstorms of Worms 1:54 Gelesen von SherlHolmesMD
The Icy Arctic Wonderland 2:48 Gelesen von czandra
Fish That Live on Land 2:26 Gelesen von Winnifred Assmann
The Special Language of Bees 7:54 Gelesen von Tom Merritt
Poisonous Platters of the Sea 1:34 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Our Un-American Food 4:10 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Worms That Commit Mass Suicide 2:40 Gelesen von mleigh
Fish That Survive Freezing 3:04 Gelesen von Steve Mayer
Plants That Kill 2:41 Gelesen von Steve Mayer
Caterpillars That Pretend to be Snakes 1:57 Gelesen von Steve Mayer
All Plants Are Luminous 2:34 Gelesen von Steve Mayer
Worms That Live in the Snow 2:54 Gelesen von Steve Mayer
The Strange Ways of Snails 7:57 Gelesen von Steve Mayer
Vision-Producing Plants 2:35 Gelesen von Steve Mayer
The Abominable Snow Man 5:27 Gelesen von mleigh
Fish That Sing in the Moonlight 3:07 Gelesen von Andrea Kotzer
Brazil’s Vicious Glow Worm 1:37 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
Grasshoppers Like Chameleons 2:59 Gelesen von Margaret Lange
Beetles That Helped an Army 1:25 Gelesen von czandra
Worms in Medical History 1:51 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Toads That Make Poison Gas 1:24 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Plants That Thrive on Ice-Bloom 3:22 Gelesen von Larry Wilson
Poison Arrow Frogs 2:46 Gelesen von Tia Wright
The Seal That Can “Lose” Its Head 2:01 Gelesen von JimLawter
The Delectable Horned Viper 1:45 Gelesen von Kerry Adams
Flying Snakes, Frogs and Toads 2:22 Gelesen von Laurie Banza
Eagles Build Log Cabin Nests 1:31 Gelesen von czandra
The Predatory Mantid 4:26 Gelesen von Tia Wright
Fireflies as Electricians 4:18 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski
The Mollusk Vampire of Hell 4:20 Gelesen von Ben Tucker
Climbing and Flying Frogs 5:32 Gelesen von CadenB
Mad Dog Cycles 2:56 Gelesen von CadenB
The Amazing Survival of the Opossum 4:35 Gelesen von CadenB
Mammal Prototypes of the “Mermaid” 6:26 Gelesen von CadenB
Limbless Lizards and Glass Snakes 3:26 Gelesen von CadenB
The Only Bug in the Sea 2:24 Gelesen von CadenB
A Crocodile With Life After Death 9:44 Gelesen von ABC123yuv
The Salamander That Lives Like a Worm 4:06 Gelesen von Sarah Rothwell
Three-eyed Lizards of New Zealand 6:34 Gelesen von VOSolutions
Prodigious Fertility of Insects 1:05 Gelesen von SherlHolmesMD
The Lizard That Runs Out of Its Own Skin 1:38 Gelesen von Sarah Rothwell
High Living in the Himalayas 2:52 Gelesen von mleigh
Barking Spider Monkeys 3:13 Gelesen von Sarah Rothwell
The Insect That is Born Pregnant 2:18 Gelesen von SheriLynnWarren
Bull-dog Animals 1:01 Gelesen von Lee Vogler
Foresight of Kangaroo Rats 1:14 Gelesen von czandra
The Primitive Proturans 1:16 Gelesen von Sarah Rothwell
Air-Conditioned Homes of Beavers 2:44 Gelesen von mleigh
The Demon of Puerto Rico 2:46 Gelesen von KNashVox
Man-Made Plants 4:39 Gelesen von KNashVox
The Great Seal Migration 2:28 Gelesen von KNashVox
The Magic Bark of the Cinchona Tree 2:19 Gelesen von KNashVox
Colombia’s Ant Tree 1:33 Gelesen von KNashVox
The Strange Behavior of Plants 4:47 Gelesen von Brianna Chiles
Venezuela’s Nocturnal Orchid 1:44 Gelesen von Brianna Chiles
The Plant That Strikes Men Dumb 1:40 Gelesen von Brianna Chiles
Combat of Moth and Shrew 2:20 Gelesen von Brianna Chiles
The Ferocious Snake Weasel 2:21 Gelesen von Lee Vogler
The Rabbit That Swims 2:59 Gelesen von mleigh
Gorilla Warriors of the Belgian Congo. 3:10 Gelesen von Dyefferson Azevedo
The Biggest “Rat” in the World 1:23 Gelesen von Brianna Chiles
The Suicide Marches of Lemmings 3:02 Gelesen von bkelle
The Ferocity of the Tiger 3:15 Gelesen von docdlmartin
The Fearsome Porcupine 1:31 Gelesen von docdlmartin
The Plant That Stimulates Visions 4:22 Gelesen von docdlmartin
The Puzzling Platypus 4:25 Gelesen von Krista Zaleski

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Interesting factts, but poorly written. seemed like it was written by a HS freshman who got a C on it. Awkward sentences, subjects that left you hanging at the end, etc. Readers were either very good or very poor.