Superheroes of Nature: Incredible Skills to Survive and Thrive

by Georges Feterman

Overview

Superheroes of Nature is a fascinating, quirky photographic book featuring the amazing superheroes of the animal kingdom.

With incredible photos and fascinating text, this book is a celebration of biodiversity and nature. From the Borneo ant to the flying dragon, find out all about these amazing animals and the extraordinary abilities that make them the superheroes of our planet. For example:

• A hammerhead shark can see 180 degrees
• The webbed gecko can glide across the desert sand
• The springbok is super fast!

For each animal discover their superpower, super stats and super facts about them, as well as information about how they used their super skills in the wild. With an important message about protecting the rich biodiversity of our planet, Superheroes of Nature is a stunning photographic book for kids fascinated by the animal kingdom and the weird wonders it has to offer.

This book is from the Animal Powers series, which celebrates the weird, extraordinary, and truly amazing powers of some of nature's most incredible animals, while celebrating biodiversity and encouraging young readers to value the natural world around them. Also available is Superpowers of Nature, which showcases the amazing superpowers of the animal kingdom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780711280007
Publisher:	words & pictures
Publication date:	09/06/2022
Series:	Animal Powers Series
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	654,843
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.85(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Georges Feterman is an associate professor of natural sciences. He is also the president of the association "A.R.B.R.E.S. "(Remarkable Trees, Assessment, Research, Studies and Safeguarding) campaigning for in-depth research on remarkable trees. For twenty years, he has been recording and photographing the most remarkable subjects of the French natural heritage because of their proportions, stories or rarity.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Fearsome Creatures

Homed Lizard: Eyes of Blood 6

Blue Poison Dart Frog: Poisonous to Predators 8

Tamandua: Fearless Boxer 10

Lichen Katydid: Master Imitator 12

Tetradon: Inflatable Body 14

Honey Badger: Totally Fearless 16

Borneo Ant: Noble Self-destruction 18

Pygmy Slow Loris: Deceptive Cuteness 20

Lowland Streaked Tenrec: Vibrating Quills 22

Eyed Electric Ray: Super-energetic 24

Super Workers

Leaf-cutter Ants: World-class Farmers 26

Arctic Tern: Polar Pilot 28

Springbok: Super Springy 30

Black Wildebeest: Brave Leader 32

Sociable Weaver: Super Architect 34

Eel: Genius Navigator 36

Beavers: Skilled Carpenters 38

Masters of Seduction

Elephant Seals: Macho Monarchs 40

Cicadas: Famous 'Singers' 42

Peacock Spider: Crazy Dancer 44

Proboscis Monkey: Super Seducer 46

Greater Sage Grouse: Big Show-off 48

Survivors

Dung Beetles: Hydration Experts 50

Kangaroo Rat: Disciplined Dieter 52

Fire Salamander: Super-defender 54

Nautiluses: Living Fossils 56

Musk Ox: King of the Ice 58

Monarch Butterfly: Super Migrator 60

True Originals

Treehoppers: Jumping Mutants 62

Ghostfish: Greedy Mini-monster 64

Star-nosed Mole: Super-sniffer 66

Hammerhead Sharks: Super-seers 68

Northern Glass Frog: See-through Skin 70

Sea Cucumbers: Transformers 72

Immortal Jellyfish: Forever Young 74

Rebels

Flying Dragons: Lizards of the Sky 76

Wallace's Flying Frog: Airborne Amphibian 78

Red-Lipped and Rosy-lipped Batfish: Walking Fish 80

Namib Sand Gecko: Surfer of the Sands 82

Verreaux's Sifaka: Two-legged Shuffler 84

Philippine Flying Lemur: Sky-dwelling Mammal 86

Paradise Flying Snake: Treetop Reptile 88

African Wild Dog: Both Wolf and Hyena 90

Reef Manta Ray: Gliding Fish 92

Flightless Cormorant: This Bird Has No Wings 94

Picture credits 96