The Strangest Things in the World: A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of Nature

by Thomas R. Henry

Topic List

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