Overview
12 rounds. 26 incredible animals. One SUPREME WINNER. And YOU decide who wins.
Welcome to Animal Arena, where the wildest creatures on Earth step into the ring and make their case with real, jaw-dropping facts. A wisecracking penguin host keeps the action moving. You cast the votes.
Hagfish vs. snail for SLIMIEST: miles of super-strong goo against slippery crystal ooze. Gorilla vs. elephant for STRONGEST: 4,000 pounds against 13,000. Pistol shrimp vs. sperm whale for LOUDEST. Star-nosed mole vs. a naked mole rat that can survive 18 minutes without oxygen, battling it out for WEIRDEST. Across all the outrageous rounds, each contender makes its case, and you weigh the evidence and pick the winner every time.
Then comes the hardest call of all: look back at every contender, choose the most fascinating animal of them all, and crown your SUPREME WINNER.
With Lola M. Schaefer's real animal science and Enrico Lorenzi's bold, hilarious illustrations, Ultimate Animal Showdown is interactive nonfiction built for debating, rereading, and choosing a different champion every time.
Perfect for animal-obsessed kids, fact fanatics, reluctant readers, classroom read-alouds, and anyone who loves a good WHO-WOULD-WIN debate.
Pick your winners. Crown the champion. Let the showdown begin.
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