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

"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)

Year of Publication: 1958Genres: Science

Running Time: 11 hours 50 minutes 46 seconds

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