animal defenses

The vivid, full-color photographs in this book show how animals trick the eye by hiding in plain sight. Some animals can change their skin texture and color, cover themselves up, or even mimic other plants and animals. Readers will meet sharks that hide using light and shadow, and even some fish that use light to trick their food into swimming nearby. The book is packed with information that will delight and inform young science buffs.

"Beginning readers will gain insight on where porcupines live, what they like to eat, and how their 'armor' protects them!"--Publisher.

"[This book is] all about animal defenses, from camouflage to claws, poisons to armor, and lots more"--Provided by publisher.

Learn about the ways animal work together to survive.

"A father hoatzin who lives near the Amazon River can't help bragging about his chick's special talents"--Provided by publisher.

Learn about the ways animal hunt to survive.

Learn about the ways animal escape to survive.

In this text, readers can attend to the precise details of explanations and descriptions about animal diversity and investigate feeding differences. Animal locomotion, habitats, methods animals use to defend themselves, reproduction, and animal associations and symbioses (such as mutualisms, commensalism, and parasitism) are explored in depth. This captivating narrative also provides students with informative sidebars to help clarify concepts and includes a biography on Charles Darwin and a timeline.

"Readers will learn about the different spikes and spines of animals and how they help animals survive. The title will look at several prey animals and their protective spikes and spines"--Publisher.

"This easy-to-understand book explains how an animal's body and behavior can change over time, or adapt, if they are faced with changes where they live"--Provided by publisher.