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Elephants never forget! The Animals on the Underground Jotter features Elephant & Castle who was the very first animal discovered by Paul Middlewick in 1988. This jotter is perfect for home or office & has 50 tear off sheets. There is space to write notes, telephone numbers or what you have to do. The London Underground Map is an iconic design but when most people look at the `tube` map, all they see is a pattern of colourful lines that help get them from A to B. But, in fact, hidden within the map, there is a world of animals
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From sponges to spiny ant eaters, brine shrimps to bonobos, Animals means that you can witness some of the most astonishing wonders of the natural world in spectacular detail Embark on an incredible journey through the dizzying diversity, complexity & majesty of the Animal Kingdom. Discover how primitive slime fungi cells coalesce & function for a time as a single animal, or witness the millions of Monarch butterflies that aggregate on trees in Mexico. Meet the Coelacanth fish thought to be extinct for millions of years, or Microcebus
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