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Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions

by · 2006

New Scientist Last Word series

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Following the success of 'Does anything eat wasps?', this is a new collection of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of 'New Scientist'.

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animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 236 pages

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