With incredible photos and fascinating text, Superheroes of Nature 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.
With incredible photos and fascinating text, Superheroes of Nature 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.
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.
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Contents Introduction FEARSOME CREATURES Horned Lizard: Eyes of Blood Blue Poison Dart Frog: Poisonous to Predators Tamandua: Fearless Boxer Lichen Katydid: Master Imitator Tetradon: Inflatable Body Honey Badger: Totally Fearless Borneo Ant: Noble Self-destruction Pygmy Slow Loris: Deceptive Cuteness Lowland Streaked Tenrec: Vibrating Quills Eyed Electric Ray: Super-energetic SUPER WORKERS Leaf-cutter Ants: World-class Farmers Arctic Tern: Polar Pilot Springbok: Super Springy Black Wildebeest: Brave Leader Sociable Weaver: Super Architect Eel: Genius Navigator Beavers: Skilled Carpenters MASTERS OF SEDUCTION Elephant Seals: Macho Monarchs Cicadas: Famous ‘Singers’ Peacock Spider: Crazy Dancer Proboscis Monkey: Super Seducer Greater Sage Grouse: Big Show-off SURVIVORS Dung Beetles: Hydration Experts Kangaroo Rat: Disciplined Dieter Fire Salamander: Super-defender Nautiluses: Living Fossils Musk Ox: King of the Ice Monarch Butterfly: Super Migrator TRUE ORIGINALS Treehoppers: Jumping Mutants Ghostfish: Greedy Mini-monster Star-nosed Mole: Super-sniffer Hammerhead Sharks: Super-seers Northern Glass Frog: See-through Skin Sea Cucumbers: Transformers Immortal Jellyfish: Forever Young REBELS Flying Dragons: Lizards of the Sky Wallace’s Flying Frog: Airborne Amphibian Red-Lipped and Rosy-lipped Batfish: Walking Fish Namib Sand Gecko: Surfer of the Sands Verreaux’s Sifaka: Two-legged Shuffler Philippine Flying Lemur: Sky-dwelling Mammal Paradise Flying Snake: Treetop Reptile African Wild Dog: Both Wolf and Hyena Reef Manta Ray: Gliding Fish Flightless Cormorant: This Bird Has No Wings Picture credits
