symbiosis

Simple text and photographs introduce beginning readers to goby fish and snapping shrimp.

Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to cabe buffalo and oxpeckers, covering their features, habitat, how they help each other, and more.

Discusses the animal adaptation of symbiosis, a relationship between two different species that is helpful to at least one.

The author observes the powerful connection trees and humans have to each other, paying particular attention to the "songs" or sounds that have emerged in nature.

"Looks at the positive, negative, and neutral effects that result when different kinds of animals interact with each other. Symbiotic relationships highlighted include birds and fish that clean parasites off other animals, bacteria that help keep animals and people healthy, mosquitoes that pass diseases such as malaria, predators that hunt prey, and scavengers that help clean the earth. Other examples of symbiotic relationships include several kinds of animals. Students are asked to illustrate symbiosis in human relationships that are similar to those found in nature."--Provided by publisher.

"Takes a whimsical look at symbiotic relationships of animals large and small. Although many animals live in groups of the same kind, here you will learn how some animals form unique partnerships with different species"--Provided by publisher.

After working together to obtain honey, the African honey badger always shares it with his partner, the honeyguide bird, until one day when the honey badger becomes greedy and his feathered friend decides to teach him a lesson. When greedy Badger decides to keep the honeycomb all to himself, instead of sharing it with Honeyguide bird, he is chased through the pond, over an anthill, and through a landscape of many exotic animals where something waits to teach Badger a valuable lesson.

After working together to obtain honey, the African honey badger always shares it with his partner, the honeyguide bird, until one day when the honey badger becomes greedy and his feathered friend decides to teach him a lesson.

Explore how symbiosis has helped animals adapt to survive a variety of conditions and climates.

Text and photographs introduce animal species that benefit from each other when they team up, such as the green sea turtle who gets his shell cleaned while giving a remora a free ride.