Dinosaurs: A Spotter's Guide

Dinosaurs: A Spotter's Guide
Author: Weldon Owen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-10-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1681887932

Travel back in time to a world millions of years before humans to become a dinosaur spotter. Are you ready to meet the most awesome beasts of all time? Step into a prehistoric world where dinosaurs rule the land. This spotter’s guide gives you the essential information on what to look out for as you roam the ancient continents. There are more than 160 different dinosaurs to spot, including the latest discoveries. An A-Z fact file makes this book very easy to use. There are top tips to keep you safe, hundreds of facts and figures, and a pronunciation guide for each dinosaur.

Jurassic Farts

Jurassic Farts
Author: P.U. Rippley
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2015-06-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1452151466

In prehistoric times, majestic dinosaurs walked the earth. Though long extinct, one important question remains—did dinosaurs fart? You bet! From booming Brachiosaurus to the terrible tooting T. Rex, this amusing audiobook not only includes stats on the funniest dinosaur farts but also the sound effects that go with them. Just tap each fart and let 'er rip!

The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs

The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs
Author: Gregory S. Paul
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2016-10-25
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1400883148

A fully updated and expanded new edition of the acclaimed, bestselling dinosaur field guide The bestselling Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs remains the must-have book for anyone who loves dinosaurs, from amateur enthusiasts to professional paleontologists. Now extensively revised and expanded, this dazzlingly illustrated large-format edition features some 100 new dinosaur species and 200 new and updated illustrations, bringing readers up to the minute on the latest discoveries and research that are radically transforming what we know about dinosaurs and their world. Written and illustrated by acclaimed dinosaur expert Gregory Paul, this stunningly beautiful book includes detailed species accounts of all the major dinosaur groups as well as nearly 700 color and black-and-white images—skeletal drawings, "life" studies, scenic views, and other illustrations that depict the full range of dinosaurs, from small feathered creatures to whale-sized supersauropods. Paul's extensively revised introduction delves into dinosaur history and biology, the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs, the origin of birds, and the history of dinosaur paleontology, as well as giving a taste of what it might be like to travel back in time to the era when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Now extensively revised and expanded Covers nearly 750 dinosaur species, including scores of newly discovered ones Provides startling new perspectives on the famed Brontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus Features nearly 700 color and black-and-white drawings and figures, including life studies, scenic views, and skull and muscle drawings Includes color paleo-distribution maps and a color time line Describes anatomy, physiology, locomotion, reproduction, and growth of dinosaurs, as well as the origin of birds and the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs
Author: Philippa Wingate
Publisher: E.D.C. Publishing
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2000
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780746040683

Describes life before the dinosaurs, different types of dinosaurs, flying and swimming reptiles, early birds and mammals, and fossils. Pocket sized and packed with information, so you don't leave home without one. For the enthusiast or complete beginner ages 10 and under. These field guides help identify and understand things seen in the natural world.

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs
Author: Weldon Owen Limited (UK)
Publisher: SPOTTERS GUIDE
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2016-03
Genre: Dinosaurs
ISBN: 9781783422524

Strap on your pack, grab some binoculars and get ready for a journey into your own imagination with this spotter's guide for dinosaur lovers of all ages. Packed with useful dinosaur spotter information, you'll be able to tell whether that big-horned dinosaur is eyeing you up for a snack or if he's more interested in ferns, find out where on Earth the dinos are, how big (or small) they could be, and much more.

The Plesiosaur's Neck

The Plesiosaur's Neck
Author: Jonathan Emmett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-05-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781912979424

"There's one thing about her that's hard to ignore, THAT RIDICULOUS NECK! What on Earth was it for?"Poppy the plesiosaur had a preposterously long neck - but what was it for? Did she use it to pluck off pesky parasites, to zap predators with electricity or to ambush unlucky fish?From the brilliant minds of world-renowned plesiosaur expert Dr Adam S. Smith, award-winning author Jonathan Emmett and illustrator Adam Larkum.

Birdology

Birdology
Author: Sy Montgomery
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2011-08-04
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0731815408

Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly individualistic chickens who visit their favorite neighbors, devise different ways to hide from foxes, and mob the author like she's a rock star. In these pages you'll also meet Maya and Zuni, two orphaned baby hummingbirds who hatched from eggs the size of navy beans, and who are little more than air bubbles fringed with feathers. Their lives hang precariously in the balance-but with human help, they may one day conquer the sky. Snowball is a cockatoo whose dance video went viral on YouTube and who's now teaching schoolchildren how to dance. You'll meet Harris's hawks named Fire and Smoke. And you'll come to know and love a host of other avian characters who will change your mind forever about who birds really are. Each of these birds shows a different and utterly surprising aspect of what makes a bird a bird-and these are the lessons of Birdology: that birds are far stranger, more wondrous, and at the same time more like us than we might have dared to imagine. In Birdology, beloved author of The Good Good Pig Sy Montgomery explores the essence of the otherworldly creatures we see every day. By way of her adventures with seven birds-wild, tame, exotic, and common-she weaves new scientific insights and narrative to reveal seven kernels of bird wisdom. The first lesson of Birdology is that, no matter how common they are, Birds Are Individuals, as each of Montgomery's distinctive Ladies clearly shows. In the leech-infested rain forest of Queensland, you'll come face to face with a cassowary-a 150-pound, man-tall, flightless bird with a helmet of bone on its head and a slashing razor-like toenail with which it (occasionally) eviscerates people-proof that Birds Are Dinosaurs. You'll learn from hawks that Birds Are Fierce; from pigeons, how Birds Find Their Way Home; from parrots, what it means that Birds Can Talk; and from 50,000 crows who moved into a small city's downtown, that Birds Are Everywhere. They are the winged aliens who surround us. Birdology explains just how very "other" birds are: Their hearts look like those of crocodiles. They are covered with modified scales, which are called feathers. Their bones are hollow. Their bodies are permeated with extensive air sacs. They have no hands. They give birth to eggs. Yet despite birds' and humans' disparate evolutionary paths, we share emotional and intellectual abilities that allow us to communicate and even form deep bonds. When we begin to comprehend who birds really are, we deepen our capacity to approach, understand, and love these otherworldly creatures. And this, ultimately, is the priceless lesson of Birdology: it communicates a heartfelt fascination and awe for birds and restores our connection to these complex, mysterious fellow creatures