<DIV><P><B>The secret lives and amazing adaptations of past creatures are revealed in this beautifully illustrated compendium of Earth’s long-gone beasts.</B></P><P>Buried far beneath the ground are <B>secret stories of ancient lands</B>. Stories from a time when <B>dinosaurs with tails as big as whales</B> towered over trees, <B>birds had teeth</B>, and <B>super-fast sharks with saws for jaws swam through oceans and seas</B>.</P><P><B>Earth’s amazing animals may be lost in time, but they are no longer forgotten.</B></P><P>From <B>dinosaurs</B> and <B>sea beasts</B>, to <B>giant bugs</B>, <B>birds</B> and <B>Ice Age mammals</B>, these spectacular species were once to be seen stomping, roaring, soaring and crawling across land, sky and sea – but are now extinct and <B>lost forever.</B><br> <br>In this beautifully illustrated follow-up to <I>Secret Stories of Nature</I>, you can uncover the fascinating histories of Earth’s most astounding extinct animals, fro