Format:
xix, 427 pages
,
illustrations
,
20 cm
Edition:
Paperback edition
ISBN:
022621320X
,
9780226213200
Content:
In the spirit of medieval bestiaries, presents a series of bizarre creatures that are very much a part of the real world, including the honey badger, giant squid, axolotl, zebrafish, waterbear, and yeti crab
Content:
Axolotl -- Barrel sponge -- Crown of thorns starfish -- Dolphin -- Eel -- Flatworm -- Gonodactylus -- Human -- Irdogorgia -- Japanese macaque -- Kirip-a-ko, the honey badger -- Leatherback -- Mystaceus -- Nautilus -- Octopus -- Pufferfish -- Quetzalcoatlus -- Right whale -- Sea butterfly -- Thorny devil -- 'Unicorn' -- the goblin shark -- Venus's girdle -- Waterbear -- Xenoglaux -- Xenophyophore -- Yeti crab -- Zebra fish -- Appendix I: Biological classification -- Appendix II: Deep time
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Bestiarium
;
Kuriosität
;
Seltene Tiere
;
Unerklärliches Phänomen
Author information:
Henderson, Caspar 1963-
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