By Michael Hearst; designed and illustrated by Arjen Noordeman, Christie Wright, and Jelmer Noordeman
Chronicle, September 2012
The nebbishy, sad-looking face on this book’s title page belongs to a blobfish. The solenodon, a small mammal, has a ball-and-socket joint at the base of its long, flexible snout. The eel-like hagfish has four hearts and can tie itself in a knot to wipe off its own copious coating of slime. The pink fairy armadillo looks like a cross between a hamster and a lobster. Salvador Dalí walked a giant anteater on a leash. These are among the 50 “unusual creatures” featured in this book, all of which, says author Michael Hearst, have one thing in common: they make you go, “Whoa, dude! What’s up with that?” Many, unfortunately, are also endangered.
Designed by a hip young international creative team and funded on Kickstarter, the popular crowdfunding platform,
Unusual Creatures mixes real ...
