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Children's Books  \nAn imprint of Chrysalis Books Group PlcThe Chrysalis Building,Bramley Road,London W106SP  \nPaperback edition first published in 2005  \nCopyright ◎ Chrysalis Books Group Plc 2003Text by Barbara Taylor  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised  \nin any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,recording orby any information storage and retrieval system,without permission in writing from thepublisher,except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.  \nISBN 1841388157 (hb)ISBN1844582655(pb)  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Datafor this book is available from the British Library.  \nEditorial manager:Joyce Bentley  \nAssistant editor:Clare Chambers  \nProject manager and editor:Penny WormsDesigner:Angie Allison心  \nPicture researcher:Jenny Barlow  \nConsultant:Michael Chinery  \nPrinted in Hong Kong10987654321  \nWords in bold can be found in the glossary on page 30.  \nAll reasonable efforts have been made to trace the relevant copyright holders of the images contained withinthis book.If we were unable to reach you,please contact Chrysalis Education.  \nB=bottom;C=centre;L=left;R=right;T=top.  \nFront Cover Montage (main)Warren Photographic/Kim Taylor BL Ecoscene/Kjell Sandved BCL RSPCA  \nPhotolibrary/Wild Images/John Bracegirdle BCR Warren Photographic BR FLPA/Minden Pictures/K.Wothe BackCover L Papilio/Robert Pickett R RSPCA Photolibrary/Geoff du Feu 1 Warren Photographic/Kim Taylor 4FLPA/A.Visage 5 RSPCA Photolibrary/Jonathan Plant 6 Corbis/Gallo Images/Anthony Bannister 7 FLPA/E&DHosking 8 Warren Photographic/Kim Taylor 9M&PFogden 10 FLPA/D.Hosking 11 WarrenPhotographic/Kim Taylor 12 FLPA/L.West 13 Warren Photographic/Kim Taylor 14 (see cover)15Papilio/Robert Pickett76 Corbis/Buddy Mays 17 RSPCA Photolibrary/Hans Christian Heap 18FLPA/F Hartmann 19 /see cover)20 T Warren Photographic/Kim Taylor B FLPA/B.Casals`21M&P Fogden 22 T Warren Photographic/Kim Taylor B RSPCA Photolibrary/Geoff du Feu 23Isee i)2 Warren Photographic/Mark Taylor 25 (see cover)26 (see cover)27 RSPCAPhotolibrary/Dan Gotshall 28 FLPA/H.D.Brandl 29 Papilio/Robert Pickett.  \nContents  \n4 6  \nWhy are bugs athletic?Sprint champions8Spider gymnastsWonder walkersLong jumpersHigh jumpersBug balletStrong-bug contestants20Weightlifters22Air acrobats  \n1012141618  \n24Flight specialists  \nMarathon monarchs26  \nSuper swimmers28  \nWords to remember30  \nIndex32  \n# why are bugsafnletic?\n\nBugs need to be good atrunning,jumping,swimming  \nand flying so they can escape fromdanger and find food or a mate.  \nTheclickbeetle islike a polevaulter.If itfalls on to its back,  \nit uses a spring under its  \nbody to leap up into the air andturn the right way up.  \nSome bugs are much betterathletes than people.Themost athletic have long legs,big muscles and strongwings to help them move.  \nA clickbeetle actuallymakes a loudCLICK!whenit jumps.  \n# sprint champions\n\nThe long legsof thesecockroacheshelp them toscuttlequickly intohiding if theysense danger.  \nFast runners usually have longlegs so they can take big stridesand cover a lot of ground quickly.  \n—1  \nIf there were running racesin a Bug Olympics,the  \nchampions would probablybe cockroaches,sunspiders and tiger beetles.  \nSun spiders can run in short bursts atspeeds of up to 16 km/h in search ofbugs to eat.Can you run that fast?  \nA fast  \ncockroach runs atabout 40 body lengthsper second.Humanscan only cover aboutfour body lengthsper second.  \n# spider gymnasts\n\nMost spiders are brilliantgymnasts.They spin thinlines of silk,climbing upand down them likecircus performers.  \nSome spidershave hairy feetthat stick to smoothsurfaces.They canclimb up glass orhang upside down.  \nOne,two,thre….go!A jumping spiderleaps into the air,using its silk as asafety line in case it falls.","cbCaiaJLxqxMjkTd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaJLxqxMjkTd","pdf",2742830,36,"English","# 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