Amanda O'Neill

Answers such questions about reptiles as why do snakes stare, are frogs and newts reptiles, and which reptile lives longest.

With information and quirky facts to explain everything from "Which insect tastes with its toes?" to "How do grasshoppers play the violin?" this book will amaze and amuse readers.

Answers such questions about birds as why a budgie cocks its head, which bird likes to paddle in the mud, and whose nest has central heating.