Which animal has the biggest mouth? Can alligators use tools? Why would a toad have a moustache? Could a mouse beat a scorpion in a fight? How do great white sharks find love? And are sheep really as stupid as everyone thinks? Find out the answers to all these questions, and many more, in New Scientist ’s Anti-Zoo, based on the hugely popular Zoologger column. Prepare to meet 50 of the strangest, scariest and most unexpected animals known to

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A simple introduction to bears and some of their characteristics.

Photographs and simple text introduce the physical characteristics and behavior of lions, one of many animals kept in zoos.

Photographs and simple text introduce the physical characteristics and behavior of penguins, one of many animals kept in zoos.

2009 Winner of the Arizona Book Award for Mystery/Suspense

If Lucy, the pregnant Giant Anteater from Belize, didn't kill the man found dead in her enclosure at California's Gunn Zoo, who did? Zookeeper Teddy Bentley must find the real murderer before her furry friend is shipped off to another zoo in disgrace.

Then another human bites the dust, the monkeys riot, and the wolves go nuts. Things get worse when the snooty folks at

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Noah and his friends follow a trail of mysterious clues to uncover a secret behind the walls of the Clarksville City Zoo--a secret that must be protected at all costs.

After returning from the Secret Zoo, Noah and his Crosser friends are asked to go back and join four teens known as the Descenders in protecting the zoo's inhabitants from attacks by sasquatches and from the evil Shadowist.

Contains color photographs and information about baby animals born at zoos around the world. Give a warm welcome to the awww-some ZooBorns animal babies! Get to know the adorable ZooBorns in this Ready-to-Read storybook that's chock-full of cute and cuddly baby zoo animals. With a familiar refrain of "Welcome to the world!" on every page, this photographic collection of irresistible critters is ideal for emerging readers.

Zookeeper Theodora "Teddy" Bentley takes Alejandro, the Gunn Zoo llama, to a Monterey Bay area Renaissance Faire. Soon after, Teddy stumbles upon the still-warm body of the Reverend Victor Emerson, owner of the local wedding chapel. He is dressed in his royal robes as Henry VIII. At first it appears as if Alejandro stomped the man to death, but a closer look reveals a crossbow dart in the man's back.

Teddy's investigation proves the "reverend"

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"On Halloween night, the scouts, along with their Descender allies, must battle terrifying sasquatches at their own elementary school. Little do they know, the sasquatches are merely the bait to a frightening off-limits sector of The Secret Zoo. Meanwhile, Noah and his friends must protect two of their animal allies from police officers who are convinced that they are dangerous animals on the rampage. Will the scouts be able to save their friends...