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Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
Description
Describes examples of animal behavior that may strike humans as disgusting, including the "gross" ways animals find food, shelter, and safety in the natural world.
66) Owls aren't wise and bats aren't blind: a naturalist debunks our favorite fallacies about wildlife
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
67) Somewhere today
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Describes unusual animal rituals of work, play, courtship, and survival.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A lively exploration of animal behavior in all its glorious complexity, from tiny wasps to lumbering elephants--and humans. It's time to leave behind the tired nature-versus-nurture debate. In Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test, Marlene Zuk asks a more fascinating question: How does behavior evolve, and how is that process similar--and different--in people and animals? Drawing from a wealth of research, including her own on insects, she explores...
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"What really differentiates us from our relatives in the animal world? And what can they teach us about ourselves? Taking these questions as his starting point, Norbert Sachser presents fascinating insights into the inner lives of animals, revealing what we now know about their thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. By turns surprising, humorous, and thoughtprovoking, Much Like Us invites us on a journey around the animal kingdom, explaining along the...
Series
Conservation biology volume 2
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Humans have always pondered what makes us different from animals. After all, many species exhibit behaviors that resemble our own (or is it the other way around?). This informative volume covers 20 of the world's most well-known animals, including African elephants, flamingos, giant pandas, Nile crocodiles, and polar bears. Divided by geographical regions ( African Jungles, Plains, and Waterways; Asian Forests; Warm Oceans; North America; and The...
Author
Series
Eyewitness books volume 57
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a unique view of our planet's polar wildernesses.
