12 Scary Animals

12 Scary Animals book cover — Table of contents Amazonian Giant Centipedes Stalk in the Night Aye ayes Haunt the Rain Forests 6 Shocking Electric Eels 8 Fangtooths lurk in Ocean Depths 10 Ghastly Looking Goblin Sharks 12 Green Anacondas Are the Heavyweights of Snakes 14 Huntsman Spiders Are the size of Dinner lates 16 Japanese Giant Hornets Attack Their Targets 18 Venomous Komodo Dragons Stalk Their Prey 20 Mantis Shrimp Are the Ocean's Punching Champs 22 Short horned Lizards Spray Blood 24 Vampire Bats Are Real Life Blood Suckers 26 Fact Sheet 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the Author 32

12 Scary Animals — page 1 — Amazonian Giant Centipedes Stalk in the Night In the rain forest the scariest walls The centipedes are super fast thanks to all those legs animals come out at night Dark wings swoop through the air Eyes glow green in the moonlight And creatures skitter across the jungle floor These animals are hunting for food Among them is the Amazonian giant centipede Similar to other centipedes the Amazonian giant has a venomous bite It injects poison into its prey with two sharp pincers near its mouth This centipede is a monster among its kind It can grow more than 12 inches 30 cm long That is about the size of a person's forearm The centipede's body is armor plated Each of its many legs ends in a pointy claw These claws are perfect for holding prey or climbing up trees and cave The Amazonian giant centipede is one of the largest centipede species

12 Scary Animals — page 2 — Lansition to advise their des The venom is painful to people It is deadly to small animals Amazonian giant centipedes eat rodents frogs lizards and spiders These centipedes also eat bats They climb to the ceilings of caves Then they hang upside down They cannot see very well But their antennae sense movement They know when a bat flies nearby The centipedes snag bats out of midair They deliver a quick deadly dose of venom Then they begin to eat their meal 46 Number of legs Amazonian giant centipedes have I feelopmendra snagst time This drawing shows close up sketches of the Amazonian Amazonian giant centipedes have claws on the tips of their legs for grasping prey They are great climbers and can chase prey up into trees Even in the dark these centipedes can locate prey with their antennae They have a venomous bite giant centipede

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