animal behavior

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animal behavior

Like people

2008
Describes the ways in which different animal moms and dads care for their babies.

How and why do people copy animals?

2015
"People have learned a lot from animals and copied many of their ways of surviving. This ... book details many, often surprising, examples: bird flight and airplanes; defensive equipment such as helmets and turtle shells; strong spiderlike threads for surgeries; camouflage patterns on uniforms or vehicles in battle; and animal prints copied in fashions and decorations"--Provided by publisher.

How and what do animals learn?

2015
"Explains that some animals must learn the basics of staying alive from their mothers, while others know how to survive without being taught. Students will discover how some bird and mammal mothers teach their babies how to find food and keep safe from predators. Readers will also learn about other animal skills such as finding their way over great distances. People need help from navigation instruments, radar, or maps. Animals use cues such as the sun, stars, or Earth's magnetic field when they are swimming or flying. This book asks students to look at the skills of animals and compare them to their knowledge and ways of learning"--Provided by publisher.

Busy moms

2016
"Full-color photographs depict mothers from across the animal kingdom doing all sorts of jobs, including kangaroos taking their joeys out for a hop, koalas teaching their babies to find the tastiest leaves, and elephants shading their calves from the hot sun"--Back cover.

Las pira?as no comen bananas

2019
Told in rhyming text, Brian tries to get his fellow piranhas to try his fruit and vegetable platter, but they all prefer meat--like those human feet dangling in the water.

The most important animal of all

2023
"A teacher challenges her class to decide which is the most important animal of all. Seven children champion a different animal for the top spot . . . [contains] information about them, and other keystone species, plus photographs to see them up close and in their habitats. This is a positive and gentle primer for young children from 5 years old about the issues of habitat loss, endangered species and climate change"--Provided by publisher.

Pipsqueaks, slowpokes, and stinkers

celebrating animal underdogs
2020
A look at the behaviors of a variety of animals, such as shrews, armadillos, naked mole rats, and okapi.

Beyond Words

What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel

Beyond Words

What Wolves and Dogs Think and Feel

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