Book of the Day: Big as a Giant Snail

Saturday, May 21, 2022
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Nature is full of giants, and the critters in this book are living large! Just ask the blue whale, which eats up to 40 million krill a day to fuel its 150-ton bulk. But size isn’t everything. And not all big animals are lethal predators or lumbering beasts. There are twelve-foot sea turtles that cut through the water with speed and grace, eight-inch snails that devour whole houses with their thousands of tiny teeth–and let’s not forget the elephant seal in the room, whose jumbo “trunk” amplifies its grunts for miles around!