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COVER: BRIAN KUSHNER/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO. TOC: (BACKGROUND) GIVAGA/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (DRAGONFLY) ANDREAS HERRMANN/AGE FOTOSTOCK; (KID IN RAINCOAT) ARSFLIM/SHUTTERSTOCK; (SNAIL) COURTESY OF APRICOT LANE FARMS. DRAGONFLIES:(DRAGONFLY ON PINK FLOWER) ANDREAS HERRMANN/AGE FOTOSTOCK; (BLUE SKIMMER) MCPHOTO/MAS/AGE FOTOSTOCK; (CLOSEUP VIDEO) NHK VIDEO BANK CREATIVE/GETTY IMAGES; (RED DRAGONFLY) J. MEUL-VAN CAUTEREN/AGE FOTOSTOCK; (FLYING/LANDING DRAGONFLY VIDEO) NHK VIDEO BANK CREATIVE/GETTY IMAGES; (DRAGONFLY EGGS) RENE KREKELS/NIS/MINDEN PICTURES; (LARVA UNDERWATER) WILDLIFE GMBH/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (LARVA ON PLANT) LARS S. MADSEN/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (ADULT DRAGONFLY) H.J. NETZ/AGE FOTOSTOCK. WHICH FLY IS A DRAGONFLY?:(MIDGE & CLUSTER FLY) YOUNG SWEE MING/SHUTTERSTOCK; (BLUE DRAGONFLY) MICHAEL REILLY/SHUTTERSTOCK; (DEER FLY & SPOTTED SKIMMER DRAGONFLY) PAUL REEVES PHOTOGRAPHY/SHUTTERSTOCK; (HOVERFLY) JOHAN VAN BELLEN/SHUTTERSTOCK; (BEAUTIFUL WINGED DRAGONFLY) HAWK777/SHUTTERSTOCK; (MACRO DRAGONFLY) JAN BABINEC/SHUTTERSTOCK. WATER ALL AROUND: (VIDEO) ARSFLIM/SHUTTERSTOCK; (OCEAN) RICHARD EDEN/MOMENT/GETTY IMAGES; (EARTH) NASA EARTH OBSERVATORY; (BEAR IN LAKE) © MICHEL ROGGO/NATUREPL.COM; (GLASS OF WATER) ALTER-EGO/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ICICLES) MARTIN RUEGNER/STONE/GETTY IMAGES; (GAS) TOA55/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ILLUSTRATIONS) ANDRILL SYMONENKO/SHUTTERSTOCK; (WATERFALL) MANTAPHOT/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (WATER CYCLE ILLUSTRATION) STOCKBURIN/SHUTTERSTOCK. TOO MANY SNAILS: (SNAIL ILLUSTRATIONS) NG STAFF; (BIG PHOTO) COURTESY OF APRICOT LANE FARMS; (INSET) YVETTE ROMAN PHOTOGRAPHY; (DUCKS SWIMMING) REX MAY/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (SHEEP, CHICKEN, ORCHARD & SNAIL IMAGES) COURTESY OF APRICOT LANE FARMS; (MOLLY PICKING FRUIT) YVETTE ROMAN PHOTOGRAPHY; (ALL VIDEOS) COURTESY OF APRICOT LANE FARMS & FARMLORE FILMS. WORDS TO EXPLORE: (DRAGONFLY LARVA) WILDLIFE GMBH/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (GORILLAS) STEPHANIELLEN/SHUTTERSTOCK; (STEAM FROM POT) TOA55/SHUTTERSTOCK; (FROG CYCLE) AEKIKUIS/SHUTTERSTOCK. THE END: BRIAN KUSHNER/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO.