本书为“DO YOU KNOW？”系列读物之一。全书共100篇，均选自英美原文，内容覆盖生物奇闻、宇宙万物、科技珍闻、文化习俗、语言常识等方面的趣闻杂谈。语言地道，文字简练，涉猎面广，趣味性强，可供高中生和大学低年级学生课外阅读之用，也可供教师选用作泛读教材。

1 An Insect That Opens Doors

昆虫开门

2 Tiny but Beautiful

小而美

3 Quiet!Worms at work

请安静，它们在工作！

4 A Shooting Animal

射水鱼

5 Pigeon Talk

鸽语

6 How Does the Arabian Camel Store Water?

阿拉伯骆驼的贮水能力

7 Bloodhounds

大警犬

8 The Voice of Spring

春之声

9 Polar Bears

北极熊

10 Interesting Crows

有趣的乌鸦

11 Learning Behaviour of Birds

飞鸟的学能

12 The Effect of Termites on the Climate

白蚁与气候

13 Animals in the Desert

沙漠动物

14 Spiders

蜘蛛

15 Plants That Eat Live Insects

食虫树

16 The Fastest Tongue on Earth

变色蜥蜴

17 Snakes

蛇

18 The Tree of Life

生命树

19 The Living Record of Trees

树的年轮

20 The British Bat

英国的蝙蝠

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