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The animal book : a collection of the fastest, fiercest, toughest, cleverest, shyest-- and most surprising-- animals on earth / Steve Jenkins.
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Title:The animal book : a collection of the fastest, fiercest, toughest, cleverest, shyest-- and most surprising-- animals on earth / Steve Jenkins.
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Author/Creator:Jenkins, Steve, 1952-2021 author.
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Published/Created:Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, [2013].
©2013.
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Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Call Number: QL49 .J436 2013
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Number of Items:1
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Status:Available
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Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
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Library of Congress Subjects:Animals--Juvenile literature.
Animals.
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Genre/Form:Literature.
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Description:208 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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Summary:Shares facts on over three hundred animals and offers a brief overview of the history of life on Earth. Dance with a blue-footed booby, or stare down an eyelash viper. But mind your step-- in the animal world, the name of the game is survival.
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Notes:Includes bibliography (page 206)
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ISBN:9780547557991
054755799X
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Contents:Machine generated contents note: ANIMALS!
What is an animal?
Millions and millions
Why so many species?
Backbones
Most animals are insects
More animals are extinct
Facts
FAMILY
I'll do it myself
Attracting a mate
Fighting for love
mating dance
Eggs
Born alive
Father's turn
Bringing up baby
Siblings
Facts
ANIMAL SENSES
Look
Listen
Touch
Smell and taste
Heat, electricity, and magnetism
Facts
PREDATORS
Speedy hunters
Ambush!
Blending in
Lures
Beaks, barbs, and fangs
Special weapons and tactics
Facts
DEFENSES
Getting away
Hiding in plain sight
Copycats
Protective poison
Armor and spines
Bodily fluids
Surprise!
Fighting back
Working together
Facts
ANIMAL EXTREMES
biggest ever
Prehistoric giants
Big and little
Actual size
It's a small world
Longest
Sounding off
Life spans
Hottest, coldest, highest, deepest
Deadliest to humans
Facts
STORY OF LIFE
early earth
first life
We're all related
brief history of life
theory of evolution
Survival of the fittest
Variation and mutation
Good designs
Facts
More Information
More animal facts
Glossary
Making books
Research
Sketches
Illustration.