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What on Earth?, 100 of our planet's most amazing new species, Quentin Wheeler and Sarah Pennak

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Quentin Wheeler and Sarah Pennak

100 of our planet's most amazing new species

"A chameleon so tiny it can fit on your thumbnail? A spider named after David Bowie? A fungus that turns ants into zombies? What on Earth? What on Earth? is a compendium of the 100 coolest, weirdest, and most intriguing new species of this century as determined by the International Institute for Species Exploration. From animals to plants, fossils to bacteria, What on Earth? is an accessible, informative, and offbeat look at the creatures that also call our planet home, including: A dangerous cobra that can spit its venom almost ten feet A miniscule orchid that is less than a half-inch wide A rainforest mushroom named after the cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants A beautiful seahorse that changes colors to protect itself from predators A stick insect that is as long as a man's arm Featuring visually striking images alongside surprising facts about each new species, What on Earth? is a testament to the incredible and ever-evolving diversity of our planet"--"What on Earth? is a compendium of the 100 coolest, weirdest, and most intriguing new species of this century as determined by the International Institute for Species Exploration. From animals to plants, fossils to bacteria, What on Earth? is an accessible, informative, and offbeat look at the creatures that also call our planet home"--

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Pretty Counts: The Prettiest New Species -- Kaiser's Nudibranch -- Paisa Orchid Bee -- Kovach's Orchid -- Diamantina Tarantula -- Patton's Bright Snake -- Fried Eggs Worm -- Psychedelic Frogfish -- Wilson's Blue-Eyed Cuscus -- Barble Pagoda Fungus -- Exquisite Sea Urchin -- ch. 2 Stranger Than (Science) Fiction: The Strangest New Species -- Little Fork Orchid -- Quechuan Broad-Nosed Bat -- Gomes's Freshwater Stingray -- Double-Hooked Anglerfish -- Dumbo Octopus -- Big Brain Protist -- Little Grooves Earthstar -- Long-Neck Assassin Spider -- Sahyadri Nose Frog -- Ausubel's Mighty Claw Lobster -- ch. 3 Less Is More, More Or Less: The Smallest New Species -- Roosmalen's Hairy Dwarf Porcupine -- Vanessa's Bamboo -- Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl -- Smallest Crustacean -- Obese Diatom -- Heckford's Midget Moth -- Cyprus Mouse -- Teenslest Chameleon -- Child of Cypris Tiny Fish -- CSIRO's Medusa Jelly -- ch. 4 Big Deals: The Largest New Species --Contents note continued: Golden V Kelp -- Big Red Jelly -- Raptor Fairy Shrimp -- Solorzano's Velvet Worm -- Udzungwa Gray-Faced Sengi -- Huntsman Spider -- Chan's Mega-Stick -- Sierra Madre Monitor Lizard -- Sir Raffles's Showy Flower -- Idip's Starfish -- ch. 5 Something Old, Something New: The Oldest New Species -- Finney's Bat -- Aurora Horseshoe Crab -- Sarmatian Seahorse -- Sahel Man -- Levant Octopus -- Burma Bee -- Old-Old Mushroom -- Walking Cactus -- Half-Shell Turtle -- Dila's Flower -- ch. 6 Hello, Good-Bye: The Most Endangered New Species -- Tennessee Bottlebrush Crayfish -- Martha's Pink Iguana -- Pygmy Three-Toed Sloth -- Cloudy Suckermouth Armored Catfish -- Parecis Lizard -- Isidoro's Chewing Louse -- Giant Ribbed Clam -- Matilda's Horned Viper -- Strydom's Yam -- Burrunan Dolphin -- ch. 7 Lethal Weapons-Venoms, Toxins, And Disease: The Deadliest New Species -- Leprosy Bacterium -- Doris Swanson's Poison Dart Frog -- Corredor's Assassin Bug --Contents note continued: Zombie Ant Fungus -- Lilian's Widow Spider -- Ashe's Cobra -- Attenborough's Pitcher -- Andre Menez's Cone Snail -- Poisonous Predaceous Polyclad -- King's Deadly Jelly -- ch. 8 Going To Extremes: New Species From The Most Extreme Environments -- Cave Pseudoscorpions -- Morafka's Desert Tortoise -- Yellowstone Bacterium -- Nature Conservancy Diving Beetle -- Cryptic Forest-Falcon -- Stephenson's Antarctic Flower -- Nepalese Autumn Poppy -- Bare-Faced Bulbul -- Siau Island Tarsier -- Heat-Loving Tonguefish -- ch. 9 The Highest Form Of Flattery: The Best New Species Mimics -- Groves's Nudibranch -- Firefly Flasher -- Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail -- Mache Mountains Glass Frog -- Fish Mime -- Ngome Dwarf Chameleon -- Shocking Pink Millipede -- Oria's Leaf Insect -- Denise's Pygmy Seahorse -- Jumpin' Spider Ant-Mimic -- ch. 10 What's In A Name?: New Species With The Best Names -- Apparating Moon-Gentian -- Madonna's Water Bear -- Bonaire Banded Box Jelly --Contents note continued: John Cleese's Woolly Lemur -- Google Ant -- David Bowie's Spider -- SpongeBob SquarePants Fungus -- Clare Hannah's Shrimp -- Groening's Sand Crab -- Wonderfully Photogenic Pus

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