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The Strangest Things in the World: A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of Nature
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- The Strangest Things in the World: A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of Nature 0:00
- THE STRANGEST THINGS IN THE WORLD: INTRODUCTION 0:12
- PREFACE 1:45
- The Invisible Underground Jungle 4:04
- The Self-Perpetuating Sponge 8:18
- Living “Stars” in Caves 10:48
- Parenthood Among Penguins 15:16
- The Strategy of Warrior Ants 17:38
- Uganda’s Miniature Dinosaur 25:14
- The Strange Ways of Spiders 25:58
- Worms With a Thousand Eyes 28:52
- Queer Fish, But Definitely 36:42
- Love Life Among the Spiders 41:06
- The Lace Weavers 42:21
- The Ways of Crabs 49:54
- Ticks With Noses in Their Legs 54:50
- The Fourth Realm of Life 55:19
- Rubber-Band Worms that Stretch and Stretch 59:28
- Frog Versatility 1:05:12
- The Horned Viper Spears Other Animals 1:09:39
- The World of Insects 1:10:51
- Gigantic Serpents of the Sky 1:14:24
- The Limbless Lizard 1:21:12
- The Maddening Tarantula 1:21:42
- A Flower That Grows Through Solid Ice 1:22:45
- The Versatile Ant Farmers 1:24:03
- Ostracoderms: Ancestors of True Fish 1:27:52
- The Ever Faithful Hornbills 1:32:27
- Ants With Tailor Skills 1:36:42
- Fiend Symphonies of the Jungle 1:37:53
- Tyrants of the Polychaete Race 1:44:19
- Eating Habits of Spiders 1:49:55
- The Suicide Instinct of Iguanas 1:50:31
- Forests That Eat Meat 1:51:46
- Cave-Dwelling Birds 1:54:14
- Where Snails Become Flowers 1:56:42
- Termites That Eat Lead 1:58:18
- The Plant That Eats Animals 2:01:23
- The Ocean’s Sound Barrier 2:04:09
- Snakes That Act and Look Like Worms 2:09:02
- A Porcupine of the Sea 2:11:01
- Worms That Are Unkillable 2:14:25
- The Remarkable Brachiopods 2:17:35
- Feathers on Birds Adapt to the Seasons 2:23:23
- Why the Dodo Became Extinct 2:24:13
- The Shark of the Soil 2:25:18
- The Sleeping Habits of Mammals 2:26:42
- The Eerie Eyes of Animals at Night 2:27:36
- World of the Blind 2:30:29
- The Remarkable Clam Worms 2:35:30
- Winged Reptile 2:41:08
- Vicious Fire Ants 2:42:03
- The Architectural Genius of Birds 2:43:04
- The Ferocious Leech Worms 2:49:35
- The Complex Spider’s Web 2:56:26
- Monsters of the Deep: The Great Squids 2:56:56
- The Vanishing Whippoorwill 3:04:08
- Ants Can Smell Almost Anything 3:07:04
- Fish That Fish For Fish 3:09:09
- Worms That Are Flowers 3:12:59
- The Heavy Toll of Bird Migrations 3:22:30
- Deadly Snakes That Take Life Easy 3:23:48
- Weird Plant-Animals 3:25:52
- Weird Ways of Birds 3:32:58
- The Fantastic Sea Horse 3:35:50
- The Great Seal Migrations 3:40:11
- Monsters With Buzz Saws 3:43:44
- Two-Headed Snakes Aren’t Rare 3:50:52
- Fantastic Sea Creatures 3:51:30
- The Varieties of Raven Language 3:54:14
- Worms With Hypodermic Needles 3:56:27
- The Fatal Black Widow Spider 3:59:27
- Plants That are Animated 4:00:19
- The Tomato—Cinderella of Vegetables 4:01:47
- The Holiest Place on Earth 4:03:25
- The Vanishing Golden Carpet 4:09:40
- Evolution of the Bird 4:12:55
- Speed Ace of the Air 4:14:21
- The Remarkable Instincts of the Silk Worm 4:15:58
- The Strange World of the Sea 4:20:36
- The Cannibal Birds of the Pacific 4:26:14
- Eagles as Indian Pets 4:30:04
- The Giant Insects of the Carolines 4:30:53
- The Valley Where Dusk is Death 4:32:45
- Enigma of Evolution: the Snake 4:35:22
- The Fastest Growth on Earth 4:37:51
- Birds That Duel 4:41:36
- Brakes on Plant Life 4:42:56
- Snails Are the Flowers of the Sea 4:45:32
- The Brutal South Pole Birds 4:48:36
- Silk-Bearded Clams 4:50:29
- Pearls Grow in Brooks 4:53:17
- Grasshopper-Infested Glaciers 4:55:10
- Monster Clams of Polynesia 4:55:56
- Corals Combine Plants and Animal Life 4:56:33
- The First Engineers—Termites 5:00:18
- Oyster Oddities 5:05:04
- The World’s Biggest Sneeze 5:06:01
- The Luminescent Ctenophores 5:06:45
- The Forest That Time Forgot 5:10:22
- The Versatility of the Elephant’s Trunk 5:13:18
- Fiendish Vampires of the Night 5:15:17
- Remarkable Orchids 5:18:05
- Nature’s Insecticide: The Millipede 5:19:23
- Bats Have Built-in Radar 5:22:52
- Crabs That Climb Trees 5:25:38
- The Ferocious Centipede 5:28:16
- The Plant That Makes Men Dumb 5:32:28
- The Scourge of the Earth: Locusts 5:33:14
- Trees Can Grow Smaller 5:36:54
- Underworld Cities 5:38:07
- Plants That Create Mirages 5:41:48
- The Octopus Worm: Evolution’s Mystery 5:43:31
- The Monster Bear of Kamchatka 5:46:05
- Strange Denizens of the Deep 5:49:24
- Communism Among the Bees 5:51:44
- Candles on Bushes 5:55:06
- The Desert Rat Manufactures Water 5:55:53
- The Caste System of the Termite 5:56:27
- The Shark That Stands Upright 5:59:24
- The Dead Man’s Vine 6:00:50
- The Insect With Fourteen Lives 6:01:38
- Shyness Characteristic of Giant Rats 6:05:31
- Nocturnal Potto 6:05:54
- Where Trees are Square 6:06:27
- The Lamp That is a Beetle 6:07:03
- Rainstorms of Worms 6:07:36
- The Icy Arctic Wonderland 6:08:48
- Fish That Live on Land 6:10:55
- The Special Language of Bees 6:12:26
- Poisonous Platters of the Sea 6:17:46
- Our Un-American Food 6:18:46
- Worms That Commit Mass Suicide 6:22:05
- Fish That Survive Freezing 6:23:29
- Plants That Kill 6:25:33
- Caterpillars That Pretend to be Snakes 6:27:24
- All Plants Are Luminous 6:28:37
- Worms That Live in the Snow 6:30:24
- The Strange Ways of Snails 6:32:30
- Vision-Producing Plants 6:39:01
- The Abominable Snow Man 6:40:49
- Fish That Sing in the Moonlight 6:43:47
- Brazil’s Vicious Glow Worm 6:45:49
- Grasshoppers Like Chameleons 6:46:26
- Beetles That Helped an Army 6:48:25
- Worms in Medical History 6:49:18
- Toads That Make Poison Gas 6:50:32
- Plants That Thrive on Ice-Bloom 6:51:27
- Poison Arrow Frogs 6:53:59
- The Seal That Can “Lose” Its Head 6:55:55
- The Delectable Horned Viper 6:57:16
- Flying Snakes, Frogs and Toads 6:57:54
- Eagles Build Log Cabin Nests 6:59:11
- The Predatory Mantid 7:00:09
- Fireflies as Electricians 7:03:28
- The Mollusk Vampire of Hell 7:06:56
- Climbing and Flying Frogs 7:10:28
- Mad Dog Cycles 7:15:49
- The Amazing Survival of the Opossum 7:18:31
- Mammal Prototypes of the “Mermaid” 7:23:03
- Limbless Lizards and Glass Snakes 7:29:35
- The Only Bug in the Sea 7:32:54
- A Crocodile With Life After Death 7:34:58
- The Salamander That Lives Like a Worm 7:39:42
- Three-eyed Lizards of New Zealand 7:43:16
- Prodigious Fertility of Insects 7:48:12
- The Lizard That Runs Out of Its Own Skin 7:48:47
- High Living in the Himalayas 7:50:02
- Barking Spider Monkeys 7:51:25
- The Insect That is Born Pregnant 7:54:07
- Bull-dog Animals 7:55:38
- Foresight of Kangaroo Rats 7:56:05
- The Primitive Proturans 7:56:45
- Air-Conditioned Homes of Beavers 7:57:35
- The Demon of Puerto Rico 7:58:56
- Man-Made Plants 8:01:11
- The Great Seal Migration 8:05:05
- The Magic Bark of the Cinchona Tree 8:06:56
- Colombia’s Ant Tree 8:08:42
- The Strange Behavior of Plants 8:09:46
- Venezuela’s Nocturnal Orchid 8:12:58
- The Plant That Strikes Men Dumb 8:14:00
- Combat of Moth and Shrew 8:14:52
- The Ferocious Snake Weasel 8:16:19
- The Rabbit That Swims 8:17:42
- Gorilla Warriors of the Belgian Congo 8:19:08
- The Biggest “Rat” in the World 8:21:35
- The Suicide Marches of Lemmings 8:22:18
- The Ferocity of the Tiger 8:24:17
- The Fearsome Porcupine 8:26:18
- The Plant That Stimulates Visions 8:27:02
- The Puzzling Platypus 8:29:55