Why Can't Potatoes Walk?: 200 Answers to Possible and Impossible Questions about Animals and Nature - Lars-ke Janzon
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Why Can't Potatoes Walk?: 200 Answers to Possible and Impossible Questions about Animals and Nature is a fascinating sequel to the successful book How Long Can a Fly Fly? Lars-Åke Janzon, a renowned researcher at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, provides intriguing facts and explanations in response to nutty questions, freak happenings, and odd observations.
Readers will delve into topics such as snake sex, animals' brightly colored warning signals, and peculiar incidents like a vulture being arrested in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of espionage. Janzon also addresses sensational headlines about Thailand's poisonous jellyfish and the "killer sharks" of Sharm el-Sheikh.
For over a decade, Janzon has been exploring questions like:
- What color will a chameleon turn if it lies on a chessboard?
- Why are flounders flat?
- How do sea urchins make love?
- How did wolves become big and bad?
- Why do animals migrate across Africa?
- Which animal has the longest tongue?
- Do fish spit?
In addition to providing answers to these and many other questions, Janzon simplifies scientific terminology, presents animal statistics, dispels myths, and addresses various intriguing facts about nature and evolution that readers may have never considered.
Written with warmth, humor, and educational zeal, this engaging book, accompanied by Lukas Möllersten's imaginative illustrations, is suitable for readers of all ages with a casual interest in gaining a deeper understanding of nature.
Author: Lars-Åke Janzon
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Illustration: No
Language: English
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted)
On Sale: 2013-07-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781620877340
Category: Nature : Animals - General
