Задание

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Clever Builders

Giants from the Hot Continent

Unusual Picture Books

Not a Racehorse

Furry Skiers

Hide and Attack

Ugly stonefish look quite like rocks on the sea floor. So their enemies just don’t see them. But even if they do, stonefish are ready to fight with them. The fish have 13 spines on their backs which are very dangerous not only for other fish but also for human beings.

The seahorse doesn’t look like a fish but in fact it is a small fish. There is a certain kind of seahorse which is only 4 cm long. The seahorse is the slowest moving fish. It may take a seahorse about two days and a half to travel 1 km, even if it moves the fastest it can.

About 5,000 years ago the Sahara Desert had a lot of grass and trees. How do we know about it? From the paintings which people found in ancient caves. The paintings show giraffes, hippopotamuses and lions, people hunting and domestic animals grazing.

Some rabbits in North America got their names for their unusually wide feet. Their feet are like snowshoes and help the animals to move in the deep snow. Long hair grows on the sides of the feet and between the toes. It keeps the rabbits’ feet warm too.

The African ostrich is the largest living bird. They can grow to be 2.7 metres tall. Ostriches have the largest eggs of any living birds. The eggshell is so strong that a big man can stand on it and it won’t break!

African weaver birds make some of the most fantastic nests of all. The bird makes the nest from leaves and grass. When it is ready, the nest looks like a ball hanging from a branch.