animal defenses

"[Describes how] animals and their offspring must defend themselves against danger from nature or enemies. From hard shells to camouflage, animals use their physical characteristics to help keep them safe. Includes science and reading activities and a word list"--Provided by publisher.

Learn about the animals who come out in the twilight hours between day and night.

Meet some of the animals that make their home in the hot, wet tropical rain forests, from flying frogs to slow-moving sloths.

Meet some of the animals that survive on the highest mountains on Earth, from snow monkeys to yaks.

Meet some of the animals that survive in the vast grasslands, from fast-running cheetahs to prairie dogs.

Readers will discover about elephant trunks, tusks, behaviors, and habitats and how some of these put the mammal at risk.

Introduces animals that have unusual survival abilities, covering the octopus ink screen, the Australian frog that fills itself with water, the horned lizard's ability to puff its body to twice its size and shoot blood from its eyes, changing color for camouflage, spraying a foul-smelling fluid, and more.

Describes several common traits that help animals survive, including fur, camouflage, and hunting skills.

Looks at different animals that use lures, traps, and teamwork to catch their prey.

"This book describes the amazing and uncommon ways in which animals defend themselves from predators, from playing dead to shooting blood from their eyes."--Provided by publisher.