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EXTRAORDINARY ANIMALS

An Encyclopedia of

Curious and Unusual Animals

Ross Piper

Illustrations by Mike Shanahan

GREENWOOD PRESS

Westport, Connecticut • London

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Piper, Ross.

Extraordinary animals : an encyclopedia of curious and unusual

animals / by Ross Piper ; Illustrations by Mike Shanahan.

p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33922–6 (alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0–313–33922–8 (alk. paper)

1. Animals—Encyclopedias. I. Title.

QL7.P57 2007

590—dc22 2007018270

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

reproduced, by any process or technique, without

the express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2007018270

ISBN-13: 978–0–313–33922–6

ISBN-10: 0–313–33922–8

First published in 2007

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881

An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

www.greenwood.com

Printed in the United States of America

e paper used in this book complies with the

Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National

Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984).

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