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AN INCREDIBLE ANIMAL ADVENTURE AWAITS!. A hefty book packed with more than 1500 facts and 300 eye-popping full-color photos. Includes dozens of animal-themed quizzes, riddles, records and more. Maps show where each creature can be found on the globeSmithsonian Wild Animal Explorer provides young readers with hours of entertainment and insights into the worlds of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds and more. Organized by environment, this hefty guidebook features the well-known, yet fascinating (tigers, elephants, ants) as well as the unusual and rarely seen (molerats, borrowing owls). Each entry focuses on a specific animal and details where it can be found, how big it is, and a variety of fascinating, little known facts that help explain how and why it acts the way it does. For example, honey bees need to land on about two million flowers to make a single pound of honey. Earthworms can burrow more than six feet deep in a single day!From deserts and rainforests to the poles and oceans below, there's no place on Earth the Smithsonian won't explore!

The History of Weed in 101 Objects offers an easy-to-read, full-color, fully illustrated history of humankind's long tradition of loving cannabis. And whether you live in a state that has chosen to legalize it or not, weed is rapidly losing its reputation as an illicit substance and becoming more or an accepted part of American culture with each passing election cycle.This fascinating look at 101 objects chronicles the history of weed, and uniquely shows how America's perceptions of it have changed socially, medically, economically and legally. Each entry has been carefully selected to highlight a facet of weed's history, from 12th century hashish to the Volcano Vaporizer.