Ordinary animals

text: Bibi Dumon Yes

illustrations: Fleur van der Weel

Forty short texts about ordinary unusual animals.

Why is a hedgehog smeared with saliva?
How many hearts does an earthworm have?
Why is the rabbit eating its own poop?
What gives ants wings?
How do herring talk?
Is it possible to make a rat laugh?

Mouse, mosquito, snail, tit, ladybug. They are animals that we see often, the most ordinary in the world - and yet completely extraordinary. In this book you will find forty of them - each of them has something surprising about it.
Beautiful black and white engravings complete the text.

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