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Ranging from a page or two to several pages, 35 articles profile strange creatures, among them man-apes of South Africa, the wild dugong, army ants, the giant squid, Africanized bees, the voodoo lily, and poison cyanobacteria. Each section has a list of recommended reading. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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From the pages of Scientific American comes the latest information and explorations into the bizarre realm of the natural world, including:-Our oldest relatives and the discovery of missing links-Strange predators, from flesh-eating chimps to the lethal Komodo dragon-Strange plant life, such as the carnivorous Venus's flytrap and the Voodoo lily-Extinct monsters, and giant, flightless, flesh-eating birds-Mysterious denizens of the deep, such as the giant squid and the slime hag-Insect oddities: fire ants, singing caterpillars, and Africanized bees
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