Believe It or Snot: The Definitive Field Guide to Earth's Slimy Creatures

<div><b>From the scientist duo behind the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling sensation <i>Does It Fart?</i> and their excremental follow up <i>True or Poo?</i>, <i>Believe It Or Snot</i> explores the myriad variety of slime in the animal and plant kingdoms.</b><br><br><div>Your little brother isn't the only nose-picking animal.</div><div><br></div><div>What is hyena butter and would it be appropriate to spread on toast? Why is giraffe saliva such a good lubricant? How does some mollusk mucus work like a fishing pole? And what's the deal with pygmy sperm whales' "anal syrup?"</div><div><br></div><div>In <i>Believe It or Snot</i>, scientists and bestselling authors Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti detail the slimy secrets of 80 organisms that ooze, drip, dribble, and splatter. Not quite a solid but firmer than a liquid, slime is used by plants and animals for defense, respiration, movement, feeding, communication, and even reproduction. Slime, you might say, is the glue that holds our world together. <br></div><div><br></div><div>But that leaves an important question: which creature is earth's slimiest? <br></div><div><br></div><div>In this book, the authors dive into the goo and come up with a definitive ranking of earth's slimiest creatures-while offering up a plethora of facts about the natural world's ooze, gunge, sludge, gunk, and goop.<br></div></div>