animal locomotion

Presents information on how science has tried to imitate nature by designing boats that have flippers based on the wings of penguins.

This book tells about the habitat, behavior, and physical characteristics of the peregrine falcon, not only the fastest bird, but the fastest animal in the world.

This book tells about the habitat, behavior, and physical characteristics of the black spiny-tailed iguana, the fastest reptile.

Simple text and "scanimation" illustrations, which make figures appear to be moving, describe the motions of various animals, such as a horse, a cat, a bird, and a butterfly.

Simple text and photographs present the world's slowest animals, such as garden snails, sea horses, giant anteaters, and the slow loris.

Presents an introduction to the concept of fast and slow, in simple text with illustrations, and contains examples of different wild animals, some that are fast, and others that are slow.

Describes the unusual manner in which such creatures as mudskippers, ostriches, starfish, and sloths get around.

Identifies several animals that can move at speeds ranging from thirty-five to more than two hundred miles per hour, including the zebra, the cheetah, and the bald eagle.

Depicts the different ways in which snakes, bats, monkeys and other kinds of animals move.