The "Weird and Wonderful" series looks at amazing creatures and features of the natural world. This book looks at the fastest and the slowest, on land, sea and in the air, and asks why speed or sloth can be an advantage in the natural world.

"Weird and Wonderful" is a new series of four books on the most amazing creatures and features of the natural world. Unlike many natural history books, these combine both living creatures and the Earth itself, in an original and dynamic approach that focuses on their amazing characteristics. On every spread spectacular photographs, taken especially for these books, display the wonders of the natural world. Woven around them is an expert, lively text from top children's author, Barbara Taylor.