Actual Size

This is a very nice book daddy and me checked out from the Library yesterday.

Did you ever wonder how big is a crocodile? Or the world´s largest spider? Well, you are about to see it...

Down here, for instance, you have the ATLAS MOTH, a butterfly so big that it is often mistaken for a bird. It is bigger than both my hands !!

And the smallest of all fish? Welcome the DWARF GOBY ! It is as big as my fingernails... I could certainly eat several hundreds...

Can you guess what comes next? It´s scary... it´s big... it´s a GIANT SQUID EYE. Can you imagine the rest? Body and tentacles are up to 20 meters long !! We will need a big grill !!

Do you think all birds fly? Well, this one does not !! As big as it is, it´s too heavy to fly... It´s an OSTRICH with its egg. If it´s fried, it´s my favourite plate !!

This one´s Alejandro´s favourite pet... the largest of spiders. The GOLIATH BIRDEATER TARANTULA, big enough to catch and eat birds and small mammals. Like my foot with eight legs !!

For this one, Olga did not dare to come close to the pic. More than thirty big teeth are enough to be scared... but finally she was brave when I told her it was asleep... Say hello to the SALTWATER CROCODILE, the world´s largest reptile...

After the big alligator nothing scares us, not even the GOLIATH FROG. It lives in Africa and can catch and eat birds and rats. It has to be a big CROAK...

High five with the GORILLA !!

It´s the turn of the insects, such as the heaviest one... It´s the GOLIATH BEETLE, and beside it, the world´s longest insect, the rare GIANT WALKING STICK !! Say cheeeeeeese !!

And finally, the king of land animals... This foot (the big one) belongs to the AFRICAN ELEPHANT.

I have learned many interesting things about these animals. The atlas moth do not feed! They have no mouth and they live only a few days ! And the giant squid has never seen alive ! The ostrich can´t fly, but it can run as fast as a car ! And a crocodile can stay one year without eating !

What a wonderful world...