Invented by Animals: Meet the creatures who inspired our everyday technology (Designed by Nature)

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Often human scientists try and solve a problem or invent a new tool and they realise that animals have already invented it for them. In this book you will meet the animal inventors who have shared their super inventing powers to make amazing things for humans.   We have invented ways of solving problems, making unbelievable materials, ways of getting around and working out how to survive on our own for millions of years. Sometimes when a human inventor gets stuck, they come to the animal kingdom to see if we can help them out.  In this book you will meet the crème de la crème of animal innovators who have created or are in the process of inventing things that people use every day. Meet the shark who invented a pair of swimming shorts so fast, they were banned from the Olympic games. And meet the snail who has invented a house that stays cool inside even in the desert.    Cover CONTENTS INTRODUCTION MASTER OF DISGUISE—Mimic octopus COLOR WITH STRUCTURE—Blue morpho butterfly SLEEK SWIMMER—Shark MASTER BUILDERS SUPER-ZOOM VISION—Eagle RUNNING UPSIDE DOWN—Gecko A TERRIFIC TAIL—Seahorse EXPERT PAPER MAKER—Paper wasp A FORMIDABLE GRIP—Tree frog ORIGAMI WINGS—Earwig SELF-REPAIRING TEETH—Jumbo squid WEB DESIGNER—Spider THE ART OF FLYING FOG CATCHER—Namib beetle BUMPY FLIPPERS—Humpback whale WATERPROOF COAT—Penguin SUNTRAP FUR COAT—Polar bear DIVING WITHOUT A SPLASH—Kingfisher CONTROLLED FLIGHT—Dragonfly LEAD DRUMMER—Woodpecker SLITHERING CHAMPION—Snake LOW-ENERGY SWIMMING—Jellyfish AVOIDING COLLISION—Locust ROBOT WORLD TUNNELING—Shipworm SECRET LANGUAGE—Dolphin SONAR—Bat MIGHTY RECYCLERS PRICKLY QUILLS—Porcupine GOOEY SLIME—Slug BLOOD-SUCKING NEEDLE—Mosquito A STICKY SITUATION—Dog and burrs ANIMAL INNOVATION LAB INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W