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"One medium-size whale carcass delivers as much food to the dark, cold ocean depths as 4,000 years of sinking food particles. When a dead whale arrives, the caf? opens for business. Hagfish, zombie worms, sleeper sharks--this group of patrons is stranger than the denizens of the Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars. In this nonfiction picture book, a fish in a lab coat, piloting a deep-sea submersible, serves as guide to the weirdly fascinating goings-on miles beneath the ocean surface. The backmatter includes actual deep-sea whale-fall photos from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and other sources"--Provided by the publisher.

Sloths may spend most of their time hanging from trees, but did you know they are also excellent swimmers? In fact, a sloth can hold its breath underwater for up to 40 minutes. Smiling, slow, and swimming, sloths are awesome! Hang out with one of the cutest rain forest creatures.

Crash! Slam! Male rhinoceros beetles lock horns in a battle over a female. Ounce-for-ounce, they are the strongest animal on Earth! Learn more about this awesome animal with a mighty horn.

A platypus leaves its burrow and waddles towards a river. It dives down and pokes the muddy bottom with its flat bill. The platypus surfaces to eat its catch and dives again! Whether on land or underwater, platypuses are awesome!.

A Japanese spider crab walks across the rocky ocean bottom looking for food. Once it finds a dead fish it pushes the rotting fish flesh into its hungry mouth. A monster feeder of the ocean floor, the huge Japanese spider crab is awesome.

Standing on its hind legs, a grizzly bear can be over eight feet tall. Its sharp teeth and claws can grab a salmon out of the water or rip apart a moose. But did you know these powerful predators mostly munch on berries, nuts, and grass? Discover even more about these awesome animals.

Dragons aren't real, but the frill-necked lizard comes pretty close. With a fierce frill warning and a silly scamper away from danger, frill-necked lizards are awesome! Learn all about these crazy creatures.

Strong, smart, and fearless, orcas are awesome. They are often called killer whales, but they aren't whales at all. They are dolphins! Read this book to learn all about awesome orcas.

The sun sets, and an aye-aye wakes up! This creature was once thought to be extinct, but it still survives in colonies in the forests of Madagascar. Learn all about how the awesome aye-aye survives the forest at night.

Explores the physical features, behaviors, and histories of the migratory zebras.