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Gr 1–3—The largest living thing on earth is the American honey fungus, according to this informative and entertaining title. Growing up to 2.4 miles wide, it plays a vital role, as do all the organisms featured in this title, in cleaning up our environment and recycling nutrients into the energy cycle. Fascinating facts abound throughout the well-designed, engaging pages. For example, the reason that scavenger birds, such as vultures, have bald heads is in part so that when they are scavenging inside a dead animal, they don't get covered in blood. Christmas tree worms have eyespots ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More