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