"Ripley's Twists" bring a fun, engaging and uniquely Ripley's approach to a whole range of topics, from the human body to space. Each title blends stunning full-colour photographs and illustrations with clear explanations and extraordinary facts that are guaranteed to inform and to entertain. In "Wild Animals" you will find: key information - everything from how much an elephant eats per day to how flies digest their food; intriguing bite-size facts - a swarm of desert locusts devours 32 million kilograms of food every 24 hours; real-life stories - like the Malaysian reticulated python who swallowed an entire sheep and then, too full to move, had to be hauled off the road by firemen; 'Big word alert' glossaries - clear and straightforward explanations of difficult words such as 'omnivore'; stunning photographs and detailed diagrams; and, a full-colour pull-out poster.

 

This book is part of a book series called Ripley's Believe It Or Not .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Cornerstone .

Camilla de la Bedoyere has written more than 250 books for children, covering a wide range of topics, from nature and science to maths and geography. Barbara Taylor is an experienced children's non-fiction writer. Her previous books for Watts include the Science Starters series.