Introduction 1 The World Over Everything Is an Ecosystem Deciduous Forests Rainforests Deserts Grasslands Wetlands Oceans Vertebrates Invertebrates A Food Web Types of Eaters Generalists and Specialists Marvelous Marsupials Invasion of the Eco-Snatchers 2 Tooth and Claw About Teeth Looks like a Lion, Eats like an Antelope Anatomy of a Claw Some Spectacular Claws Hunting Tactics Pride of Place Asiatic Lion vs. African Lion The Misunderstood Hyena Apex Predators When Is a Panther Not a Panther? Tiger by the Tail The Charming Cheetah Seeing Spots Jaguarundi Fossa Bears of the World Not a Bear: The Wolverine Animals That Fish for Their Supper A Different Kind of Fisher Small but Mighty Anatomy of a Tarantula Big Fish with Big Teeth The Eyes of Eagles Anatomy of an Owl Crocodile vs. Alligator Killer Lizards A Wake of Vultures 3 Have You Herd? Predator vs. Prey Okapi and Gerenuk Anatomy of a Giraffe Horns Spectacular Antlers The Antelope Anatomy of a Hoof Anatomy of a Zebra Wild Horses and Wild Asses The Curious Case of the Pronghorn Antelope Grazing vs. Browsing Musk Oxen Bison Cape Buffalo A Bit about Elephants African Elephant vs. Asian Elephant Elephant Namesakes Hip, Hip, Hippo-ray The Hoatzin Oxpeckers and Cattle Egrets Llama and Alpaca Guanaco and Vicuna Anatomy of a Camel 4 Social Networks Primate Populations Apes Catarrhines Platyrrhines The Red-shanked Douc Langur Marmosets and Tamarins Social Grooming A Few Pinnipeds Banded Mongoose Meerkat Anatomy of a Flamingo Naked Mole Rat Go to Bat Going to the Dogs Feeling Foxy 5 Built from the Ground Up The Landlords European Badger Insect Architecture Spider Webs Feather Your Nest Burrowing Birds Nature's Engineers Making Furniture 6 Weird and Wonderful The Astonishing Octopus Some Very Big Birds Playful as a Platypus Star-Nosed Mole Anatomy of an Armadillo Other Armored Mammals Aardvarks Are So Old Look Up in the Sky Black and White All Over Birds-of-Paradise Capybara Anteater The Curious Chameleon Chinese Giant Salamander Axolotl Purple Frog Other Colorful Frogs Snaking Along Panda Particulars Sloths Consider Helping.