**Perfect for friends' get-togethers**
Why do elephants have big ears? Why are there no snake-shaped mammals? Were dinosaurs warm- or cold-blooded? Why do big mammals dominate the land and the sea while big reptiles dominate rivers and lakes? Why are there so many species of birds on earth, and why are they all so small?
Chris Lavers poses a variety of such conundrums to explain how animals evolved into the breathtaking range of forms that grace our planet. Along the way he describes such strange creatures as the naked mole-rat, and Megalania, an extinct one-tonne lizard with teeth like steak knives, which terrorised our mammalian relatives in the not-too-distant past.
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