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    The animal book : a collection of the fastest, fiercest, toughest, cleverest, shyest-- and most surprising-- animals on earth / Steve Jenkins.

    • 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.
    • Published/Created:Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, [2013].
      ©2013.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Animals--Juvenile literature.
      Animals.
    • Genre/Form:Literature.
    • Description:208 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
    • 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.
    • Notes:Includes bibliography (page 206)
    • ISBN:9780547557991
      054755799X
    • 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.
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