animal defenses

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When lunch fights back

wickedly clever animal defenses
Meet eight species with surprising defenses, including hagfish that release suffocating slime and African hairy frogs that poke their rear toe bones through their skin to create claws.

Do salamanders spit?

a book about how animals protect themselves
2004
Illustrations and easy-to-follow text teach young readers about the different ways animals protect themselves.

Extreme survivors

2014
Up high, down low, in freezing temperatures, and in boiling hot places--animals and plants can survive in the most extreme environments. Level 2. From boiling heat to bone-chilling cold, from dry deserts to dark caves, from tall mountains to deep seas: these animals survive in the extreme environments. Meet incredible creatures, including polar bears and penguins that endure freezing temperatures, brine shrimp that swim in salty waters, birds that fly higher than airplanes, and even the ancient microscopic "water bear" that could stay alive in outer space!.

Animal camouflage

Explores how and why animals blend in with their surroundings. Includes statistics, text-related questions, resources for further information, a glossary, and color photographs.

Clash of the Dinos

Provides information about various types of dinosaurs, outlines their attacks and defenses, and suggests which one would win if different pairs were to fight each other.

Camouflage and mimicry

animal weapons and defenses
2012
Describes how various animals use camouflage and mimicry as weapons and defenses. Features color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Color-changing animals

Color photographs and simple text depict a variety of color-changing animals such as the chameleon, the seahorse, and the cuttlefish. Includes a glossary and sources of more information.

Camouflage and mimicry

animal weapons and defenses
Describes how various animals use camouflage and mimicry as weapons and defenses. Features color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Amazing land animals

2017
"How do chimpanzees know how to use tools? What makes a dog so loyal? Get to know more about these land-based animals and learn about their unique survival skills"--Provided by publisher.

Skunk stench

2015
"Phew! Luckily, a skunk's infamous stench isn't the way it smells all the time. Instead, it's a secret weapon. The black and white mammal can actually aim and squirt its stinky liquid at its enemy or create a cloud of disgusting smell as it runs away. Readers of this amusing and informative peek into one of nature's stinkiest creatures will learn there are several species of skunks and what to do to avoid being sprayed"--Provided by the publisher.

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