This book covers forty of the world's most unusual places such as Christmas Island, Stonehenge, Devil's Causeway, the Bermuda Triangle, and Pompeii.

"This book reveals 40 of the planet's most unusual species and ranked them in order of strangeness."--Back cover

Discover the planet’s weirdest and scariest predators. Our animal experts have found 40 of the planet’s most bizarre species and ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts and amazing photos, we reveal each creature’s ferocity, beastly behaviour and cunning methods to catch their prey. Every creature needs to eat to survive, and for many that means tucking into other animals! To do this, they’ve created clever ways to hunt and gobble up their unsuspecting ‘lunch’. Inside World’s Strangest Predators, kids will discover plants that feast on insects, a real-life dragon that can tackle a buffalo and the snake with a unique disguise for catching birds. And with our ‘strange-o-meter’, they can compare each creature’s danger, cunning, ferocity and strangeness! Predators include: Venus flytrap Piranha Arctic Fox Box jellyfish Trapdoor spider Komodo dragon Giant Amazon centipede Polar bear Great white shark African crowned eagle Anaconda Great grey shrike Tarantula hawk wasp Honey badger Other titles in the series include: - World’s Strangest Places - World’s Strangest Ocean Beasts - World’s Strangest Creepy-Crawlies About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let’s start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place – inspiring children at home and in school. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

This book covers forty of the world's most unusual predators, including snakes, spiders, reptiles, and mammals.

Discover the planet’s weirdest and most wonderful places. Our travel experts have found 40 of the planet’s most bizarre sights and natural wonders – and ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts and amazing photos, we reveal the incredible power of nature, amazing feats of human construction and the world’s most mysterious locations. The world is full of beautiful and strange places to visit and marvel at. Some are thousands of years old, others modern and recently discovered. Inside World’s Strangest Places, kids will discover the city where everything is underground, a post office you need a swimsuit to visit, and secret locations that, well, are far too secret to mention here. And with our ‘strange-o-meter’, they can compare each place based on its uniqueness, wow factor, surreality and mysteriousness. Places include: Pig beach in the Bahamas Plane Graveyard in Arizona Rainbow Mountain in Peru Chocolate Hills in the Philippines Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean Area 51 in Nevada Crooked Forest in Poland Salt flats of Uyuni in Bolivia Eye of the Sahara in Mauritania Snake Island in Brazil Stonehenge in England Bermuda Triangle Cave of the Crystals in Mexico Nazca lines in Peru Other titles in the series include: - World’s Strangest Predators - World’s Strangest Ocean Beasts - World’s Strangest Creepy Crawlies About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let’s start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place – inspiring children at home and in school. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Did you know that flags are actually pictures that send a message to everyone who sees them? In The Flag Book you'll uncover the hidden meanings of flags- from country and state colours to flags used in sports, on ships and aeroplanes, and by the most dastardly of Caribbean pirates.