Animal Habitats (Amazing Animals)

by Michael Chinery

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This book is a dramatic visual introduction to how different animals are distributed around the world, and the incredible ways in which they have adapted to their surroundings. You will discover beetles that hunt under water, horses that survive in the desert, and birds and wolves that have both evolved long legs as a solution to hunting in tropical grassland. The consultant, Michael Chinery, is a respected writer on natural-history topics. In the Amazing Animals series, he focuses on the show more adaptations and behaviors that have allowed animals to thrive in their different environments. Book jacket. show less

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Michael Chinery is an English naturalist. He received degrees in natural sciences and anthropology from Cambridge University. He is the UK's leading writer on insects. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Animal Habitats (Amazing Animals) (Amazing Animals)

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Nonfiction, Kids
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591.564Natural sciences & mathematicsAnimalsAnimal PhysiologyHabits and behaviorPhiloprogenitiveness; Breeding
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English
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Paper
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2
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