Amazing Animals (Wild Animal Planet)

by Michael Chinery (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2003

  $7.80

  This title reveals how the special characteristics of all types of animals, from butterflies and bugs to snakes, bears, big cats and sharks, allow them to survive in the wild. Learn how the impressive rows of spiky teeth make crocodile jaws a lethal weapon, and how the arched bill and long talons of an osprey give the bird an amazing ability to pluck fish from the water. There are special focus spreads on particular areas of interest, from fireflies to how chimps use tools, as well as Did you know spirals with nuggets of amazing information.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $3.24

  An insight into mating, birth and rearing young in the animal world. It seeks to reveal the amazing and very varied ways in which the continuance of life is assured for future generations. The author compares the mating and reproduction tactics of insects and birds, reptiles and amphibians, sharks and whales, and big mammals such as wild horses, lions and elephants. Children will learn about life processes such as metamorphosis from caterpillar to adult insect, and the growth and development of young animals and how they are cared for.