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With the usual deluge of lively facts, this installment in the impressive Amazing Animals series makes it clear that many of the colors and patterns that occur in nature happen for a reason. Fish have false eyes on their tails to fool predators. Female birds choose the male who puffs up to show off the best and brightest feathers because they want good-looking offspring. The spots on leopards serve as camouflage in the desert sun. The very concept of "camouflage" is explained in an effective animated segment in which host Henry the lizard disappears in a sea of green, "nature's favorite color." Footage of a real-life green creature--a slow-moving sloth whose hair plays host to an abundance of algae--is bound to gross-out and captivate. Color the animal world intriguing.
--Valerie J. Nelson
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Broadcast nationally on The Disney Channel, Amazing Animals has quickly won children's hearts around the nation. Featuring the lovable Henry the Lizard as the inquisitive object of the narrator's clever questions and insights, each is a riot of humor, live-action footage, animation and information. Children cannot help but have fun as they learn. #1 rated non-Disney program on The Disney Channel(tm) "Fun facts, folklore and animal behavior are rolled into one gorgeous-and entertaining-science lesson."-Publishers Weekly Disney Channel ratings increased 31% for the Amazing Animals broadcast time slot! Amazing Animals: Armored Animals reached #38 on Billboard's Video Retail Charts.