animal behavior

Looks at how and where animals make their homes, from nests and caves, to underground burrows.

Describes how animals and humans care for their offspring and the role that instinct plays.

Describes what sixteen different animals do at bedtime, including the elephant, sea otter, and parrot fish.

Describes nineteen animals that have peculiar and strange characteristics, including the platypus which has poison spurs on its legs, the opossum which fools its enemies by pretending to be dead, and the bat which navigates by built-in sonar.

Animals including the armadillo, walrus, beaver, eagle, chameleon, wolf, and brown bear are pictured in their homes and briefly described.

Discusses the ways animals survive the winter, including animals which hibernate.

Describes the reasons for and instances of cannibalistic behavior in a variety of animals, including guppies, black widow spiders, sharks, gerbils, and brown bears.

Discusses some interesting and unusual animal behavior such as hibernation, homing instincts, and elephants' "burial" of their dead.