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Dear Parent: Your child’s love of reading starts here!
Every child learns to read in a different way and at his or her own speed.
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M A D E B Y G O D
ZONDERKIDZ
Weird and Wonderful Creations Copyright © 2014 by ZonderkidzPhotos © 2014 by Shutterstock
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Weird and wonderful creations.pages cm. — (Made by God)
Compilation of four previously published works.Includes index.ISBN 978-0-310-73124-5 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-0-310-73121-4 (epub)—
ISBN 978-0-310-73082-8 (epub) — ISBN 978-0-310-73091-0 (epub)1. Animals—Miscellan ea —Juvenile literature. 2. Plants—Miscellanea —
Juvenile literature.QH48.W38 2014590—dc23 2014014303
Scripture quotations marked NIrV are taken from The Holy Bible, New I nternationalReader’s Version® , NIrV® . Copyright© 1995, 1996, 1998 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by per-mission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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Editor: Mary HassingerCover and interior design: Cindy Davis
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The study of lifein the ocean iscalled marine biology .
Oceans make up two-thirds of theearth’s surface.
sea creatures
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God made everything,
and he made it all good.
He made the birds in the sky
and creatures under the sea,
like the …
Between 700,000and one million specielive in the world’s ocea
Around half of thecreatures in the sea
haven’t been
identified yet.
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POLAR PALS
Sea turtles love to eat jellyfish.
The rounded
body of a jellyfishis sometimescalled a bell.
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jellyfish!
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Some jellyfishare so see-through
they are almost invisible!
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Most jellyfislive in salt wat
Jellyfish are not really fish.
They do not have bones.
They are more than 90% water.
Jellyfish look like see-through
umbrellas with long legs
called tentacles.
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Jellyfish eatshrimp, fish, tiny
plants, and even crabs.
The lion’s manejellyfish has a bell
that can besix feet wide!
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There are more than
200 kinds of jellyfish.
Some are called:
Lion’s mane jellyfish
Box jellyfish.
Jellyfish live in groups called
swarms or blooms.
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Jellyfish digesttheir food very quick
lf they didn’t, theywouldn’t be able t
float very well!
Jellyfish moveforward by squirtingwater from the same
opening they use to eat.
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Jellyfish float in the water.
Some move very quickly.
Jellyfish are in every ocean.
Some live near the top;
others live in the deep sea.
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Even dead jellyfish can sting.
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The most dangerous
jellyfish is the Australianbox-like sea wasp. But
most do not attackhumans on purpose.
Jellyfish can be huge—120 feet long!
They can be poisonous.Some of them sting!
Jellyfish only live
two to six months.
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Jellyfish come inall sorts of brightcolors! Some even glo
ln some countries, jellyfish are a delicacy.That means people think
they are tasty!
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Even though jellyfish do not
have brains, hearts, or bones,
they are special to God,
just like …
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Sometimes sea horsestravel long distances by
hitching a ride onfloating seaweed.
Most sea horsescan change colorlike a chameleon.
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sea horses!
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