Acknowledgments & Disclaimer Author: Cheryl Morrissette

Photo Credits in order of appearance: Brand X Photography/Veer, Scott B. Rosen/Bill Smith Studio (5), BIOS Huguet Pierre/Peter Arnold, Inc., blickwinkel/Alamy (2), Emmanuel Lattes/Alamy, Wil Meinderts/Foto Natura/Minden Pictures (2), Jerry Young/DK Limited/Corbis, Max Gibbs/Oxford Scientific/Jupiter Images, Wil Meinderts/Foto Natura/Minden Pictures, Photomax/Garden World Images (2), Photomax/Garden World Images, M. Gibbs/OSF/Animals Animals - Earth Scenes , Wil Meinderts/Foto Natura/Minden Pictures, Stephen Dalton/Minden Pictures, Dani/Jeske/Animals Animals - Earth Scenes, Photomax/Garden World Images (2), Mark Smith/Photo Researchers, Inc. (2), Wil Meinderts/Foto Natura/Minden Pictures, Dani/Jeske/Animals Animals - Earth Scenes, Wil Meinderts/Foto Natura/Minden Pictures, Martin Harvey/Corbis, Photomax/Garden World Images. Illustrations by Precision Graphics.

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