Earth's amazing animals

Bats have a bad reputation as blood-sucking creatures of the night. But these fascinating mammals actually help people by eating insect pests and pollinating fruit trees and flowers. In this book packed with fun facts and vivid photographs, readers will learn all about the bat's amazing body, its habits and activities, and how they can help this important species survive.

Introduces readers to what ten different animals eat, including an animal that swallows its food whole and then doesn't eat again for weeks, an animal that eats only one food all its life and more.

Introduces ten of the most dangerous animals on Earth, including the hippopotamus, the box jellyfish, and the mosquito.