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Chock-full of colorful photos and entertaining (if random) facts related in brief text boxes and photo captions, this book will appeal to animal-loving reluctant readers. The lack of a table of contents or index limits its use to browsing, but readers will enjoy picking out the weirdest or most amazing facts. Short "Challenge Yourself!" quizzes and anecdotes from Survivor host Probst add to the appeal.