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\nTHE WORLDSWEIRDESTSPIDERSAND BUGS  \n# REAL-LIFE MONSTERSCREATURES\n\nBy Matthew RakeIllustrated by Simon Mendez  \nCONTENTS  \nThe Creepy and the Crawly  \nThe Evil Eye Green-Banded Broodsac  \nThe Creepy Crustacean Tongue-Eating Louse  \nA Killer in Camouflage Devil's Flower Praying MantisLying in Wait Assassin Bugs  \nBeauty or Beast?Emerald Jewel WaspTop Gun Bullet Ant  \nBig,Hairy,and Scary TarantulaA Sting in the Tale Indian Red ScorpionA Long Story Amazonian Giant CentipedeThe Deadly Wasp Asian Giant HornetRogues'GalleryWant to Know More?Index  \n6  \n8  \n10  \n12  \n14  \n16  \n18  \n20  \n22  \n24  \n26  \n28  \n30  \n32  \nTHE CREEPY AND THE CRAWLY  \nSmall is beautiful,they say.But that's notnecessarily so in the animal kingdom.  \nWelcome to the world of tiny terrors andmini-monsters.Don't let their size fool you.They are some of the most fearsome,poisonous,and downright revoltingcreatures on Earth.  \nTake the green-banded broodsac.It's aflatworm and it's quite obnoxious.It spendsits entire life crawling around the insidesof snails or birds.The only time it sees theoutside world is when it is slithering around′in bird poo!The tongue-eating louse (right)is just as bad.The female louse lives in afish's mouth,and it actually takes the placeof the fish's tongue.  \nAnimals like these are known as parasites,which means they benefit at the expenseof other animals.One of the most deviouSparasites is the emerald jewel wasp.Itpicks on the cockroach and uses it to raiseits young.The wasp's larvae literally eatthe roach alive,and the roach can doabsolutely nothing about it.","cbCaie8aFLtG9h5p","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaie8aFLtG9h5p","pdf",2504670,"English","# The Creepy and the Crawly\n# Creature Profiles\n## The Evil Eye Green-Banded Broodsac\n## The Creepy Crustacean Tongue-Eating Louse\n## A Killer in Camouflage - Devil's Flower Praying Mantis\n## Lying in Wait - Assassin Bugs\n## Beauty or Beast? - Emerald Jewel Wasp\n## Top Gun - Bullet Ant\n## 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