The Screaming Hairy Armadillo and 76 Other Animals with Weird, Wild Names

A fascinating compendium featuring over 70 unusual animal species.

What’s in a name? This lively, illustrated celebration is jam-packed with creatures notable for their bizarre, baffling, and just-plain-funny names.

Meet the White-Bellied Go-Away Bird, whose cry sounds like someone screaming, “Go away ” Or the Aye-Aye, whose name means “I don’t know” in Malagasy because no one wants anything to do with this bad-luck creature.

Some are obvious, if still weird–guess what the Fried Egg Jellyfish looks like. Others sound like an inside joke: It’s easy to figure out what was on the taxonomist’s mind when he christened a fly he discovered Pieza Pie.

Along the way you’ll learn all about these curiously named animals’ just-as-curious habits, appearances, and abilities.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Murrie, Matthew
Published: 09/15/2020
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9781523508112
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.40h x 8.00w x 0.50d