Author : Matthew Murrie
Release : 2020-09-15
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 116/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names by : Matthew Murrie
Download or read book The Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names written by Matthew Murrie. This book was released on 2020-09-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating compendium featuring over 70 unusual animal species. What's in a name? This lively, illustrated celebration is jam-packed with creatures notable for their bizarre, baffling, and just-plain-funny names. Meet the White-Bellied Go-Away Bird, whose cry sounds like someone screaming, "Go away!" Or the Aye-Aye, whose name means "I don't know" in Malagasy because no one wants anything to do with this bad-luck creature. Some are obvious, if still weird––gues what the Fried Egg Jellyfish looks like. Others sound like an inside joke: It's easy to figure out what was on the taxonomist's mind when he christened a fly he discovered Pieza Pie. Along the way you'll learn all about these curiously named animals' just-as-curious habits, appearances, and abilities.