All animals are amazing, really. They would have to be, to keep on living in a world where so many things are against them—heat and cold and storms, forest fires and floods and droughts, other animals, sometimes even people.

But some are extra-amazing. Animals who roll themselves into hard balls of armor when danger threatens; who walk around with built-in water tanks and emergency rations; who hang upside down from trees all their lives; animals with pockets for carrying their children; animals without any teeth at all; ones who live always in the water; or who fly through the air and hang themselves by their feet for sleeping; or who spend their lives underground, tunneling back and forth—those are only a few of the many odd creatures in this book.

From the biggest animal there ever has been on earth—over one hundred feet long—to the smallest, not much over two inches from nose tip to tail-tip, THE REAL BOOK ABOUT AMAZING ANIMALS tells about a wide variety. It's a fascinating introduction to the world of animals.

From the dust jacket