"The Wackiest Wildest Weirdest animal in the World" by Jack Hanna and photography by Rick A. Prebeg is truly an amazing book of some pretty amazing creatures. Jack Hanna is very farmous having served as an animal expert for over twenty-five years, educating, promoting zoos and has been on many famous TV shows. His own television shoows included one of the longest running syndicated wildlife series "Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures".
While the book is classified as a children's book, it was fascinating to me and very intriguing. It is beautifully presented with colorful photographs. Many of the animals shown are ones I did not even know existed. The Blue-footed Booby is an example. Seeing his very baby blue feet and learning that he used those blue feet to win his girlfriend was truly wacky.
The book features thirty weird animals from all over the world. The author is amazed at God's creations and shows some interesting facts about the animals featured that would be hard to gorget. The lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away and can eat more that 60 pounds of food in one meal. I won't forget that!
The giant anteater is another weird animal. His tougue in blue and over two feet long. He has a superlong bushy tail that he can fan out and use like an umbrella to protect himself from the sun. They consume more than 30,000 insects each day. Jack says this wird animal is proof God has a great sense of humor.
The octopus was another interesting creature featured. I did not know that they have three hearts and get up to 110 lbs. with l6 foot armspan. As a means of defense, the octopus can change its color quickly to match the color and the texture of the surroundings. It can also dismember itself, leaving a lone twitching arm as a distraction or simply to break free. There are over 300 types that live in oceans all over the world.
I discoverd so many unusual facts such as which animal:
* can run as fast backward as it can forward
*can stick out its tongue 100 times a minute
*can lick its own ears
Our God is so creative to think up such unusual animals and Jack Hanna makes me want to see and learn more about them. Many of them- like the elephant for instance have a high degree of intelligence and social behavious we know little about.
This book would make an excekllent gift to anyone who appreciates the wonder and beauty of some of the most unusual animals in our world.
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