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Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
63 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes animals--such as horned lizards, bolas spiders, cobras, and archer fish--that survive by throwing something to either catch prey or to avoid being captured by their enemies.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the various types of defenses mechanisms used by animals, including the bone spikes of the African hairy frog, the deadly poison of the blue-spotted N. taracua termite, and the hammer-like punch of the peacock mantis shrimp.
Author
Publisher
Imagine! Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
80 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
For more than forty-five years, the National Wildlife Federation has been dazzling families with amazing images and stories. Get ready for some supersonic fun that will make you say OUCH! Discover talon strength in birds of prey, sharp claws in lions and pumas, chewing mouthparts in insects, venom in snakes, and toxins in frogs. More? You want more? How about skunks that eat bees, stinging cells in jellyfish, meerkats that eat scorpions, caterpillars...
Author
Publisher
Imagine! Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
80 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cusick explores how gravity-defying flight, coiled and tubelike tongues, bite-proof armor and other surprising adaptations in animal bodies and behavior provide a competitive edge. This presentation of amazing animal facts is loosely organized into three sections: defense, foraging and anatomy. There's a short introduction for each section followed by a series of boxed explanations interspersed among a gallery of close-up photographs, mostly from...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the history of homeland defense in the United States and changes that were made after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, especially the development of the Office of Homeland Security.
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