animal defenses

Discusses the reasons animals hide, including catching food, protecting young, and surviving cold and heat, and describes various kinds of hiding places.

Discusses the feeding habits and defenses of the hagfish, which produces slime for various purposes and uses feelers to find food, and covers its habitat and reproductive capabilities.

This book explains how venomous animals create and deliver venom and how effective it is at helping them survive.

Examines which animals use camouflage, and discusses why some change color with the seasons, how they use clever tricks to lure their prey, and includes fun and easy projects that illustrate camouflage.

Illustrations and text describe nine animals with protective skins or horns, including armadillos, crocodiles, goat antelopes, and porcupines.

This book explains how the electric eel and other charged animals create and deliver defensive shocks.

This book explains how skunks and other animals create and release unappealing odors and how smell is used as a defense against predators.

Describes the use of trickery and camouflage by many animal species to protect themselves, to obtain food, and to attract mates.

Introduces animal disguises involving camouflage and mimicry, in such animals as the zebra, polar bear, and caterpillar.

Did you know that sea dragons are related to seahorses? There are two types of sea dragons. Leafy sea dragons have large leafy parts. Weedy sea dragons have small leafy parts. Learn more interesting information in Sea Dragons, an AV2 media enhanced book.