From color-changing octopi to opossums who "play dead," there is a lot to discover about the amazing world of animal defenses. Longer, more complex stories and sentences, more challenging vocabulary,
Young readers will be excited to learn about how animals protect themselves from predators in this non-fiction Level 3 first reader. From color-changing octopi to opossums who "play dead," there i
Describes how various types of animals form groups to find food, defend themselves from their enemies, care for their young, play, groom themselves, and travel, and suggests some of the things a creat
Introduces the different ways insects defend themselves from their enemies--the many types of animals that eat insects--including sensing danger, stings, camouflage, bad smells, looking like dangerous
Offers information on how different types of animals move, what they eat, how their bodies work, animal societies, how they defend themselves and reproduce, the risks they face, and conservation effor
Scientifically-informed and funny, a first-hand account of Australia's wonderfully unique mammals--and how our perceptions impact their future. Think of a platypus: They lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs, and can detect electricity. Or a wombat: Their teeth never stop growing, they poop cubes, and they defend themselves with reinforced rears. And what about antechinuses? The tiny marsupial carnivores whose males don't see their first birthday, as their frenzied sex lives take so much energy that their immune systems fail. Platypuses, possums, wombats, echidnas, devils, kangaroos, quolls, dibblers, dunnarts, kowaris: Australia has some truly astonishing mammals, with incredible, unfamiliar features. But how does the world regard these creatures? And what does that mean for their conservation? In Platypus Matters, naturalist Jack Ashby shares his love for these often-misunderstood animals. Informed by his own experience
