Superpowers of Nature: Wild Wonders of the World

by Georges Feterman

Overview

Superpowers of Nature is a fascinating, quirky photographic book featuring the amazing superpowers in the animal kingdom.

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

• An octopus's brain is distributed all over its body
• The tropical frog causes potential predators to wretch violently
• The plumed basilisk can run for its life on water!

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, Superpowers 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 Superheroes of Nature, which showcases the true heroes of the animal kingdom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780711278110
Publisher:	words & pictures
Publication date:	09/06/2022
Series:	Animal Powers Series
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.85(h) x 0.45(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

Contents
Introduction 
SENSORY WONDERS
Electric Eel: Dangerous Voltage 
Tarsiers: Night Vision 
Platypus: Electricity Detection 
Jumping Spider: Panoramic Sight 
Common Octopus: Super Intelligence 
Horseshoe Bats: Radar Echo 
Stoat: Seasonal Transformation 
METAMORPHOSIS
Stick and Leaf Insects: Total Invisibility 
Chameleons: Color Imitation 
Hover Flies: Protective Disguise 
Starling: Making Holograms in the Sky 
Peacock Butterfly: Optical Illusion 
Pangolins: Fearsome Armor 
Strawberry Poison-dart Frog:
Powerful Repelling 
Puss Moth Caterpillar: Scary Mask 
SKILLED MOVERS
Peregrine Falcon:
as Fast as a High-speed Train 
Flying Squirrel: Flying Without Wings 
Cheetah: Record-holding Acceleration 
Sloths: Extremely Slow Motion 
Swift: Unbreakable Endurance 
Plumed Basilisk: Running on Water 
Hummingbirds: Flying Backward 
Geckos: Walking on the Ceiling 
Squid: Jet Propulsion 
SUPER ADAPTERS
Clownfish: Resistance to Poison 
Emperor Penguin:
Temperature Regulation 
Axolotl: Self-regeneration 
Hedgehog: Living in the Slow Lane 
Tardigrades: Indestructibility 
Dromedary: Going Without Water 
Flatfish: Wandering Eyes 
Wood Frog: Antifreeze 
Mary River Turtle: Butt-breathing 
ATTRACTING A MATE
Cuckoo: Identity Theft 
Satin Bowerbirds:
Making Himself Look Bigger 
Fireflies: Charming Light-giver 
Salmon: Intrepid Traveling 
Stag Beetle: Super Strength 
HUNTING POWER
Woodpeckers: Beak Like a Hammer 
Kingfisher: Precision Diving 
Pelicans: Cooperative Fishing 
Banded Archerfish:
Spitting Into the Air 
Bearded Vulture: Immaculate Cleaning 
Sea Otter: Using Cutlery 
Anglerfish: Fatal Attraction 
Picture Credits