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fantastic feats & ridiculous records
people are funny and so are many animals when theyre encouraged by their human keepers heres a tour of the weird and wacky side of life around the world with surprises and laughs for older boys and girls . theyll read about people with unusual bodies including the tallest and the shortest as well as the man with the most tattoos a woman with the longest fingernails an 80 year old body builder and a studs and rings decorated woman who calls herself the human pincushion . among the worlds most preposterous pastimes and silliest sports recounted here are cheese rolling contests a crying baby competition and so called underwater olympics . just two among the dozens of animal antics recounted include a report on olympic games for pigs held in moscow in 2006 and the story of fin and tofu a pair of new zealand rats who go surfing with their owner . theyre all reported in detail with color photos as supporting evidence and amusing pull out features that add crazy details to the stories . all entries come with funny quotations from the zany people whose feats are recorded in this book . this collection of ridiculous achievements will keep kids laughing every time they turn a page . includes 160 color photos .
paperback barrons educational series 2009 isbn13 9780764143380 isbn10 0764143387
abridged n isbn 13 9780764143380 number in series 1 number of pages 96 publisher barrons juveniles release date 62135769600000 series title barrons educational series