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MADE BY GOD

Weird &

ZONDERKIDZ
Weird and Wonderful Creations
Copyright 2014 by Zonderkidz
Photos 2014 by Shutterstock

Wonderful
Creations

This title is also available as a Zondervan ebook.

Visit www.zondervan.com/ebooks.
Requests for information should be addressed to:
Zonderkidz, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
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. AnimalsMiscellanea Juvenile literature. 2. PlantsMiscellanea
Juvenile literature.
QH48.W38 2014
590dc23
2014014303
Scripture quotations marked NIrV are taken from The Holy Bible, New International
Readers Version, NIrV. Copyright 1995, 1996, 1998 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Any Internet addresses (websites, blogs, etc.) and telephone numbers in this book
are offered as a resource. They are not intended in any way to be or imply an
endorsement by Zondervan, nor does Zondervan vouch for the content of these
sites and numbers for the life of this book.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical,
photocopy, recording, or any otherexcept for brief quotations in printed reviews,
without the prior permission of the publisher.
Zonderkidz is a trademark of Zondervan.
Editor: Mary Hassinger
Cover and interior design: Cindy Davis
Printed in China
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sea creatures
The study of life

in the ocean is
called marine biology.

Oceans make up
two-thirds of the
earths surface.

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Between 700,000

and one million species

live in the worlds oceans.

God made everything,

and he made it all good.
He made the birds in the sky
and creatures under the sea,

Around half of the

creatures in the sea
havent been
identified yet.

like the

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jellyfish!

POLAR PALS
The rounded

body of a jellyfish
is sometimes
called a bell.

Sea turtles love

to eat jellyfish.

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Most jellyfish

live in salt water.

Jellyfish are not really fish.

They do not have bones.
They are more than 90% water.

Some jellyfish

are so see-through
they are almost invisible!

Jellyfish look like see-through

umbrellas with long legs
called tentacles.
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The lions mane

jellyfish has a bell

that can be
six feet wide!

There are more than

200 kinds of jellyfish.

Jellyfish eat

shrimp, fish, tiny

plants, and even crabs.

Some are called:

Lions mane jellyfish
Box jellyfish.
Jellyfish live in groups called
swarms or blooms.

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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.

Jellyfish digest

their food very quickly.

lf they didnt, they
wouldnt be able to
float very well!

Jellyfish move

forward by squirting
water from the same
opening they use to eat.

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The most dangerous

jellyfish is the Australian

box-like sea wasp. But
most do not attack
humans on purpose.

Even dead

jellyfish can sting.

Jellyfish can be huge120 feet long!

They can be poisonous.
Some of them sting!
Jellyfish only live
two to six months.

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Even though jellyfish do not

have brains, hearts, or bones,
they are special to God,
just like

Jellyfish come in

all sorts of bright

colors! Some even glow!

ln some countries,

jellyfish are a delicacy.

That means people think
they are tasty!

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sea horses!
Most sea horses
can change color
like a chameleon.

Sometimes sea horses

travel long distances by
hitching a ride on
floating seaweed.

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