Animal super powers
Crumpton, Nick2022
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Discover the most brilliant skills animals have ever evolved in a stylish and fascinating picture book. Body armour, seeing with sound, gliding without wings - wherever you look in the animal kingdom, you can find amazing super skills to deal with nature's trickiest challenges. In fact, these skills are so amazing that they have evolved again and again in totally unrelated animals! From tiny insects to ginormous giraffes, meet the creatures that have the same ingenious ways of surviving and thriving on planet Earth. Discover the wonders of evolution in this vibrant picture book packed with incredible facts from zoologist Dr Nick Crumpton, and illustrated by award-winning new talent Viola Wang.
Main title:
Animal super powers / Dr Nick Crumpton ; illustrated by Viola Wang.
Author:
Crumpton, Nick, authorWang, Viola, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Walker Studio, 2022.©2022
Collation:
47 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm
Audience:
Interest age level: 7-11 years old.
Contents:
IntroductionBody armourComplex eyesWingsEating ants and termitesSeeing with soundVenomEating dead thingsLong necksJumpingLiving undergroundSpeedy swimmingDrinking nectarDrinking bloodSpinesLosing legsLong tonguesPrehensile tailsWorking togetherGlidingSabre teethThe power of evolution.
ISBN:
9781529500431 (hbk)9781529500431
Dewey class:
591.4591
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
525781
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Junior Non-Fiction Animals | J 591 CRU | Available |
| Brighton Library | Junior Non-Fiction Animals | J 591 CRU | Onloan - Due: 28 Sep 2024 |