Literature

The Strangest Things in the World

Subtitle: A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of Nature

Thomas R. (Thomas Robert) Henry

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Table of contents

1. Front matter 2. THE STRANGEST THINGS IN THE WORLD 3. INTRODUCTION 4. PREFACE 5. The Invisible Underground Jungle 6. The Self-Perpetuating Sponge 7. Living “Stars” in Caves 8. Parenthood Among Penguins 9. The Strategy of Warrior Ants 10. Uganda’s Miniature Dinosaur 11. The Strange Ways of Spiders 12. Worms With a Thousand Eyes 13. Queer Fish, But Definitely 14. Love Life Among the Spiders 15. The Lace Weavers 16. The Ways of Crabs 17. Ticks With Noses in Their Legs 18. The Fourth Realm of Life 19. Rubber-Band Worms that Stretch and Stretch 20. Frog Versatility 21. The Horned Viper Spears Other Animals 22. The World of Insects 23. Gigantic Serpents of the Sky 24. The Limbless Lizard 25. The Maddening Tarantula 26. A Flower That Grows Through Solid Ice 27. The Versatile Ant Farmers 28. Ostracoderms: Ancestors of True Fish 29. The Ever Faithful Hornbills 30. Ants With Tailor Skills 31. Fiend Symphonies of the Jungle 32. Tyrants of the Polychaete Race 33. Eating Habits of Spiders 34. The Suicide Instinct of Iguanas 35. Forests That Eat Meat 36. Cave-Dwelling Birds 37. Where Snails Become Flowers 38. Termites That Eat Lead 39. The Plant That Eats Animals 40. The Ocean’s Sound Barrier 41. Snakes That Act and Look Like Worms 42. A Porcupine of the Sea 43. Worms That Are Unkillable 44. The Remarkable Brachiopods 45. Feathers on Birds Adapt to the Seasons 46. Why the Dodo Became Extinct 47. The Shark of the Soil 48. The Sleeping Habits of Mammals 49. The Eerie Eyes of Animals at Night 50. World of the Blind 51. The Remarkable Clam Worms 52. Winged Reptile 53. Vicious Fire Ants 54. The Architectural Genius of Birds 55. The Ferocious Leech Worms 56. The Complex Spider’s Web 57. Monsters of the Deep: The Great Squids 58. The Vanishing Whippoorwill 59. Ants Can Smell Almost Anything 60. Fish That Fish For Fish 61. Worms That Are Flowers 62. The Heavy Toll of Bird Migrations 63. Deadly Snakes That Take Life Easy 64. Weird Plant-Animals 65. Weird Ways of Birds 66. The Fantastic Sea Horse 67. The Great Seal Migrations 68. Monsters With Buzz Saws 69. Two-Headed Snakes Aren’t Rare 70. Fantastic Sea Creatures 71. The Varieties of Raven Language 72. Worms With Hypodermic Needles 73. The Fatal Black Widow Spider 74. Plants That are Animated 75. The Tomato—Cinderella of Vegetables 76. The Holiest Place on Earth 77. The Vanishing Golden Carpet 78. Evolution of the Bird 79. Speed Ace of the Air 80. The Remarkable Instincts of the Silk Worm 81. The Strange World of the Sea 82. The Cannibal Birds of the Pacific 83. Eagles as Indian Pets 84. The Giant Insects of the Carolines 85. The Valley Where Dusk is Death 86. Enigma of Evolution: the Snake 87. The Fastest Growth on Earth 88. Birds That Duel 89. Brakes on Plant Life 90. Snails Are the Flowers of the Sea 91. The Brutal South Pole Birds 92. Silk-Bearded Clams 93. Pearls Grow in Brooks 94. Grasshopper-Infested Glaciers 95. Monster Clams of Polynesia 96. Corals Combine Plants and Animal Life 97. The First Engineers—Termites 98. Oyster Oddities 99. The World’s Biggest Sneeze 100. The Luminescent Ctenophores 101. The Forest That Time Forgot 102. The Versatility of the Elephant’s Trunk 103. Fiendish Vampires of the Night 104. Remarkable Orchids 105. Nature’s Insecticide: The Millipede 106. Bats Have Built-in Radar 107. Crabs That Climb Trees 108. The Ferocious Centipede 109. The Plant That Makes Men Dumb 110. The Scourge of the Earth: Locusts 111. Trees Can Grow Smaller 112. Underworld Cities 113. Plants That Create Mirages 114. The Octopus Worm: Evolution’s Mystery 115. The Monster Bear of Kamchatka 116. Strange Denizens of the Deep 117. Communism Among the Bees 118. Candles on Bushes 119. The Desert Rat Manufactures Water 120. The Caste System of the Termite 121. The Shark That Stands Upright 122. The Dead Man’s Vine 123. The Insect With Fourteen Lives 124. Shyness Characteristic of Giant Rats 125. Nocturnal Potto 126. Where Trees are Square 127. The Lamp That is a Beetle 128. Rainstorms of Worms 129. The Icy Arctic Wonderland 130. Fish That Live on Land 131. The Special Language of Bees 132. Poisonous Platters of the Sea 133. Our Un-American Food 134. Worms That Commit Mass Suicide 135. Fish That Survive Freezing 136. Plants That Kill 137. Caterpillars That Pretend to be Snakes 138. All Plants Are Luminous 139. Worms That Live in the Snow 140. The Strange Ways of Snails 141. Vision-Producing Plants 142. The Abominable Snow Man 143. Fish That Sing in the Moonlight 144. Brazil’s Vicious Glow Worm 145. Grasshoppers Like Chameleons 146. Beetles That Helped an Army 147. Worms in Medical History 148. Toads That Make Poison Gas 149. Plants That Thrive on Ice-Bloom 150. Poison Arrow Frogs 151. The Seal That Can “Lose” Its Head 152. The Delectable Horned Viper 153. Flying Snakes, Frogs and Toads 154. Eagles Build Log Cabin Nests 155. The Predatory Mantid 156. Fireflies as Electricians 157. The Mollusk Vampire of Hell 158. Climbing and Flying Frogs 159. Mad Dog Cycles 160. The Amazing Survival of the Opossum 161. Mammal Prototypes of the “Mermaid”162. Limbless Lizards and Glass Snakes 163. The Only Bug in the Sea 164. A Crocodile With Life After Death 165. The Salamander That Lives Like a Worm 166. Three-eyed Lizards of New Zealand 167. Prodigious Fertility of Insects 168. The Lizard That Runs Out of Its Own Skin 169. High Living in the Himalayas 170. Barking Spider Monkeys 171. The Insect That is Born Pregnant 172. Bull-dog Animals 173. Foresight of Kangaroo Rats 174. The Primitive Proturans 175. Air-Conditioned Homes of Beavers 176. The Demon of Puerto Rico 177. Man-Made Plants 178. The Great Seal Migration 179. The Magic Bark of the Cinchona Tree 180. Colombia’s Ant Tree 181. The Strange Behavior of Plants 182. Venezuela’s Nocturnal Orchid 183. The Plant That Strikes Men Dumb 184. Combat of Moth and Shrew 185. The Ferocious Snake Weasel 186. The Rabbit That Swims 187. Gorilla Warriors of the Belgian Congo 188. The Biggest “Rat” in the World 189. The Suicide Marches of Lemmings 190. The Ferocity of the Tiger 191. The Fearsome Porcupine 192. The Plant That Stimulates Visions 193. The Puzzling Platypus 194. INDEX

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