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The Romance of the Animal World

by Edmund Selous

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  1. 1Chapter I — A Microscopic Combat — A Snail’s Friendship — Hermit-Cr…
  2. 2Chapter II — Nature’s Parasites…
  3. 3Chapter III — Penguins and Their Ways…
  4. 4Chapter IV — Wonderful Birds’-Nests — A City of Grass — Bird Weaver…
  5. 5Chapter V — Bower-Birds and Gardener-Birds — How Birds Show Off — A…
  6. 6Chapter VI — Bizcachas and Bizcacheras — Interested Neighbours — A…
  7. 7Chapter VII — The Puma and the Jaguar — Two Fierce Enemies — A Stra…
  8. 8Chapter VIII — Bees and Ants — A Robber Moth — Ants That Keep Cows…
  9. 9Chapter IX — Ant Armies — A Snake’s Precaution — Wonderful Bridges…
  10. 10Chapter X — White Ants and Their Architecture…
  11. 11Chapter XI — Aquatic Archery — The Angler-Fish and the Cuttlefish —…
  12. 12Chapter XII — Protective Resemblance in Nature…
  13. 13Chapter XIII — Spiders and Their Webs — Trap-Door Spiders — Spiders…
  14. 14Chapter XIV — Beavers and Their Work — The Dam and the Pond — Pract…
  15. 15Chapter XV — Beaver “Lodges” — Primitive Beavers — Indian Beaver St…
  16. 16Chapter XVI — Beaver-Canals and Beaver-Meadows — Antiquity of Beave…
  17. 17Chapter XVII — Seals and Their Ways…
  18. 18Chapter XVIII — Crocodiles and Alligators — Deceptive Appearances —…
  19. 19Chapter XIX — Jaguars and Peccaries — A Forest Drama — Strength in…
  20. 20Chapter XX — The Great Cachalot or Sperm-Whale…
  21. 21Chapter XXI — Whales and Their Enemies…
  22. 22Chapter XXII — The Shark’s Attaché — Queer Ways of Fishing — Hints…
  23. 23Chapter XXIII — The Sea-Serpent…
  24. 24Chapter XXIV — Hunting Ruses Amongst the Higher Animals…
  25. 25Chapter XXV — Man and Beast in the Far North…
  26. 26Chapter XXVI — Man-Eating Animals…

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