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Headless Males Make Great Lovers: And Other Unusual Natural Histories

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This is a book about some of the most unusual members of the animal kingdom. The cases related here are most bizarre, yet very real.

Male seahorses can get pregnant while some slugs are hermaphrodites and there really are succh things as blood sucking bats. Male deep sea anglerfish parasitically attach themselves to their females for life. Horned lizards are known to squirt blood from their eyes as a means of self-defense. Likewise, animals ranging from lizards to starfish sacrifice body parts to escape from predators and then they later regrow those same parts. Female preying mantises bite off the head of the male while the male is couplating and the headless male keeps right on with the impregnation.

This book is written in the form of short essays and with a whimsical writing style to boot. This is a good book.

I bought this book after reading a review for the sequel. It was only .35 cents, less than $5 with shipping. I love animals and nature. This book is full of weird, strange and unique facts about animals. It also includes beautiful little ink illustrations in the margins depicting the animals. I've only read the first chapter, but I really like it. Plus the way it's written you can skip around if you like. If you're into bizarre facts about animals you're sure to like this one!