reptiles, amphibians and fishes
this encyclopedia of animals surprised me with some facts and amazing pictures of fantastic creatures. i scanned it while i was with the kids
95 percent of all animals are invertibrates
there are roughly 20,000 living species of fish, 4,950 amphibians, 7,400 reptiles, 9,000 birds and 4,670 mammals
the amazingly interconnected nature of life: two butterflies imbibe eye and nasal secretions from basking yellow-spotted amazon river turtles in manu national park, peru
also, lake baikal in russia contains one fifth of the worlds fresh water and is over two miles deep