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No, the title does not refer to whales warbling or kitties meowing holiday favorites on one of those old-fashioned vinyl discs. Instead, this tape appeals to the trophy-minded in the viewing audience by highlighting the fastest and the slowest, the biggest and the smallest. The cheetah, of course, is the fastest on land at 62 mph, but young biologists-in-training will also learn that a peregrine falcon can dive toward earth at 124 mph. Biggest reptile? That would be the saltwater crocodile. Longest pregnancy? (Moms: insert self-referential joke here.) The mama elephant does humans almost three times better with a 23-month gestation. But even more scary is the aphid, which wins the fastest breeder award by starting at eight days old and producing 25 baby aphids a day. Kind of explains that problem with the rosebushes, doesn't it?
--Kimberly Heinrichs
Product Description
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.
