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  • The Planet's Most Extreme - Fighters

    John Woodward

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Oct. 12, 2004)
    The bombardier beetle blasts boiling hot toxic chemicals out its backside, and the polar bear can take out prey three times its size with one swipe of its paw! But neither the beetle nor the polar bear comes in at number one in this countdown. Find out who does, and how human pugilists compare to the planet's most extreme aggressors.
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  • The Planet's Most Extreme - Disguises

    John Woodward

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Feb. 11, 2005)
    The snow leopard has clever camouflage, and the lyrebird can imitate over twenty different bird songs. But neither the snow leopard nor the lyrebird comes in at number one in the countdown. Find out who does, and how undercover humans compare to the most extreme animal disguises.
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  • The Planet's Most Extreme - Survivors

    Marla Felkins Ryan

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Oct. 12, 2004)
    A camel can go without water for eight days, and cockroaches can survive radiation and poison! But neither the camel nor the cockroach comes in at number one in this countdown. Find out who does, and how well humans can outlast the planet's most extreme survivors.
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  • The Planet's Most Extreme - Dads

    Sherri Devaney

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, March 4, 2005)
    The male rhea survives on just a quarter of his normal food intake while he stands guard of his eggs for two months. The emperor penguin dad stands still for sixty-five long days in the harsh winter of Antarctica with his precious egg balanced on his toes. But neither the rhea nor the emperor penguin comes in at number one in this countdown. Find out who does, and how human fathers compare to the planet's most extreme dads.
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  • The Planet's Most Extreme - Super Senses

    Sherri Devaney

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, March 4, 2005)
    Tarsiers can leap more than twenty times their body length and land with pinpoint accuracy in the dark, and the mole's snout is covered in more than two thousand touch receptors that can detect tiny vibrations in the soil. But neither the tarsier nor the mole comes in at number one in this countdown. Find out who does, and how human senses compare to the planet's most extreme super senses.
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  • The Planet's Most Extreme - Oddities

    Sherri Devaney

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, March 4, 2005)
    The platypus is furry like a mammal and yet lays eggs like a bird, and the sloth does everything upside down, even eating, sleeping, and mating! But neither the platypus nor the sloth comes in at number one in this countdown. Find out who does, and how strange human behavior compares to the planet's most extreme oddities.
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  • The Planet's Most Extreme - Daredevils

    John Woodward

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Feb. 11, 2005)
    The sloth spends its life upside down hanging by its fingernails, and the orangutan hangs from branches high above the ground. But neither the sloth nor the orangutan comes in at number one in the countdown. Find out who does, and how risk-taking humans compare to the most extreme animal daredevils.
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  • The Planet's Most Extreme - Body Parts

    John Woodward

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Feb. 25, 2005)
    The platypus has the webbed feet of an otter, the paddle-like tail of a beaver and the beak of a duck, and the aye-aye looks like a cross between a possum and a rat. But neither the platypus nor the aye-aye comes in at number one in the countdown. Find out who does, and how humans compare to animals with the most extreme body parts.
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