
Animal Defenses
Christina Wilsdon(Author)
Chelsea House Publishers
Will be published approx. on 30. May 2009
Book
Hardback
136 pages
978-1-60413-089-8 (ISBN)
Description
Insects that look like leaves, snakes that play dead, fish that fly, and toads with poisonous skin - these animals are among the many creatures that defend themselves in fascinating ways. Almost every animal is hunted as food by some other kind of animal and has developed ways to defend itself against predators. ""Animal Defenses"" presents the wide variety of physical and behavioral adaptations used by animals in their struggle to survive and shows how scientists continue to make new discoveries about the age-old maneuvering between predator and prey.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Broomall
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: From Sixth Grade to Ninth Grade, Interest Age: From 11 to 14 years
Illustrations
full-colour photographs & illustrations, sidebars, bibliography, glossary, further reading with web sites, index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
452 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60413-089-8 (9781604130898)
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Christina Wilsdon is the author of many nonfiction books for young readers, as well as articles about natural history for adults. She has written regularly for 3-2-1 Contact, National Geographic World, Creative Classroom, Reader's Digest Young Families, and the Audubon Society. In 1997, she received an EdPress Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Journalism for an article about a zoo's composting program.