What Do you Do With a Tail Like This?

"Animals use their eyes, mouths, and feet in very different ways..."

Cali is in love with this book we checked out from the library last week. We've had to read it at least twice a day since we got it. It shows a page of close-ups for each body part then on the next page it shows the whole animal and says what is unique about that animal and how it uses that body part.

So far Cali has decided that she wants the nose of an elephant (to bathe herself), the ears of a whale (to hear for hundeds of miles), the tail of a giraffe (to swat flies), the eyes of a bush baby (to see at night), the feet of a chimpanzee (to feed herself with), and the mouth of an archer fish (to spit at bugs & eat them).

One of the wildest things we learned from this book was about the Horned Lizard who happens to squirt blood out of its eyes. Yes, really. Supposedly, it confuses an attacker giving it time to run away. Read more about this critter at NationalGeographic.com. If you're feeling brave and really want to see the blood-squirting in action click here for a youtube clip. Beware: it's not for the faint of heart.