A pangolin's tongue is longer than its body。 It keeps it furled in a nifty pouch near the hip

A swift flies 200，000 miles in its lifetime。 That's far enough to get to the moon and back - then back to the moon。

There's a fable that storks deliver babies。 In fact， the Nazis used them to air-drop propaganda。

Each of these animals is extraordinary。 And each of them may soon disappear from the earth。

A lavishly illustrated compendium of the staggering lives of some of the world's most endangered animals， Consider the Golden Mole is a chance to be awestruck and lovestruck - to fall for the likes of the wondrous Pygmy Hippo， the seahorse， the narwhal and， as astonishing and endangered as them all， the human。