Animal Record Breakers is the definitive guide to the most exceptional creatures on Earth, from the strongest and shortest to the longest and laziest. Packed with thousands of amazing facts and the latest discoveries, it features world record holders from each of the main animal groups including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates.Find out how the okapi can lick and clean its own eyes.Discover the tiny cat flea that jumps with an acceleration equivalent to over 20 times that needed to launch a space rocket. Marvel at the cross-breasted turtle, from Central America, which locals believe can eat its way out of a crocodile. With stunning photographs throughout, this book is a celebration of creatures both great and small that will appeal to all the family.Previously called Animal Records, this new paperback edition has been revised, retitled and updated with new records and all the latest facts from the animal kingdom. The foreword to the book is by award-winning writer and presenter Mark Carwardine.

 

There are 256 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2016 by The Natural History Museum .

Zoologist Mark Carwardine is an award-winning writer, widely published photographer and TV and radio presenter. He co-presented the hit BBC TV series Last Chance to See with Stephen Fry and was one of the presenters on the major BBC series about the Natural History Museum, Museum of Life. He has written more than 40 books, including several best-sellers.

This book has the following chapters: Foreword; Mammals; Birds; Reptiles; Amphibians; Fishes; Invertebrates; Index; Acknowledgements & Picture credits