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Language
English
Description
The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world. This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A grizzly bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? As New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology. Roach tags along with animal attack forensics investigators, human-elephant conflict specialists, bear...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Animals that glow, that make nests from spit, that change shape and color, that ooze thick, gooey slime: How strange! Meet some creatures that have unique and unusual talents. From the glass frog with a see-through body to a fish that happily hides inside a deadly plant, every living thing shown proves that truth is stranger than fiction!
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
National Geographic presents a series just for kids that explore the genius of some awesome animals. Join sixteen-year-old narrator Jake Cuddemi as he unlocks fascinating and surprising secrets about the intelligence of dogs, rats and pigeons. From dogs who seem to have special sensory powers and super-genius rats with amazing memories to pigeons with master navigation skills, Awesome Animals sheds light on the unexpected genius of animals.
7) Fuzz
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
455 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"From author Melissa Stewart comes the grossest journey through the animal world you'll ever take. From ants to zebras, get ready to discover some seriously strange animal behaviors. Slurp up soupy insides with houseflies, spit sticky saliva to build nests with birds, and fend off predators with poop-flinging caterpillars and farting snakes. And that's just the tip of the dung pile! These yucky habits may seem surprising to us, but they're totally...
9) Negative cat
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Max isn't a typical cat, but his loving owner still sees the best in him"-- Provided by publisher.
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