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Author | : Patricia Fletcher |
Publisher | : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2017-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1538204045 |
"The dictionary definition of a mammal says that mammals give birth to live young, but that's not always true. Echidnas and platypuses, while still technically mammals, lay eggs. Why they do so is one of the strangest adaptations of mammals on Earth. Readers explore this and many other incredible and bizarre adaptations of all kinds of mammals, including the purpose of milk teeth and the hairy truth about camouflage and the coats of many animals. Full-color photographs showcase each adaptation for curious readers as they absorb information about life cycles, predator-prey relationships, and more from the main content."
Author | : Jack Ashby |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2022-08-04 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 022678925X |
"Naturalist and Assistant Director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, Jack Ashby shares his love for the platypus and other Australian mammals, including wombats, echidnas, and kangaroos. Informed by stories of his experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals on fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia and his close contact with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last 200 years, Ashby's book explains historical mysteries and debunks myths about these mammals and especially the platypus-which lays eggs, feeds its young on milk, has venom spurs, and sports a bill that can detect electricity. In evaluating how humans have considered these special mammals, he makes clear that calling these animals "weird" or "primitive"- or incorrectly implying that Australia is an "evolutionary backwater"-has only added to the challenges for their conservation. One outcome of these descriptions is that Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of anywhere on Earth. Ashby argues that many of the ways that the world thinks about Australia's mammals can be traced back to the country's colonial history"--
Author | : Tom Grant |
Publisher | : UNSW Press |
Total Pages | : 86 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Author | : Patricia Fletcher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2017-08-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781538204023 |
Author | : Caitlind L. Alexander |
Publisher | : Learning Island |
Total Pages | : 25 |
Release | : 2017-08-13 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
A duck billed platypus is one of the strangest animals on Earth. There is no other animal like it. It looks like a beaver with a big duck bill on its face and big fat paws. A platypus is covered in fur. Their fur is soft. It is also waterproof. It keeps their skin from getting wet when they swim. Find out more about this amazing animal in this 15-minute book. Reading level: 3.4 Ages 7 to 10
Author | : Ann Moyal |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2004-10-29 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780801880520 |
Eloquent and concise, Platypus uncovers the earliest theories and latest discoveries about this delightfully odd member of the animal kingdom.
Author | : Whit Gibbons |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 1998-03-20 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0817309195 |
"The book celebrates the intrinsic worth of all plants and animals in order to motivate people in a unified effort to preserve the Earth's rich array of life forms."--Cover.
Author | : David Collins |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2008-03 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 1406827274 |
WITH REMARKS ON THE DISPOSITIONS, CUSTOMS, MANNERS, etc. OF THE NATIVE INHABITANTS OF THAT COUNTRY. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, SOME PARTICULARS OF NEW ZEALAND; COMPILED, BY PERMISSION, FROM THE MSS. OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR KING.
Author | : Richard Dawkins |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780618619160 |
A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, extinction, and genetics.
Author | : M. L. Augee |
Publisher | : CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Echidnas |
ISBN | : 0643092048 |
"This book is based on Echidnas of Australia and New Guinea, first published as part of the Australian Natural History series"--Preface.