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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Rosen, Michael J., 1954- author.
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Animals -- Adaptation -- Juvenile literature.
Curiosities and wonders -- Juvenile literature.
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Outrageous animal adaptations : from big-eared bats to frill-necked lizards / Michael J. Rosen.
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Rosen, Michael J., 1954- author.
Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2018]
Subjects
Animals -- Adaptation -- Juvenile literature.
Curiosities and wonders -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781512429992 (library binding)
1512429996 (library binding)
Description:
96 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction: evolutionary elegance -- Townsend's big-eared bat: life (almost) without gravity -- Aye-aye: drumming up food -- Waxy monkey tree frog: the frog that uses sunscreen -- Mudskipper: a life on land and sea -- Axolotl: life as a juvenile -- Geoduck: a life (almost) without aging -- Giant cuttlefish: living submarines -- West Indian manatee: the ocean's one vegetarian mammal -- Galápagos giant tortoise: life (almost) without predation -- Giant isopod: deep-sea gigantism -- Vampire squid: life in the pitch-dark sea -- Striped anglerfish: a fish with tackle all its own -- Devil's flower mantis: floral assassin -- Bobbit worm: a carnivore's speed -- Camel spider: the largest (invertebrate) jaws in the desert -- Tasmanian devil: a rare carnivorous marsupial -- Marabou stork: a scavenger's life -- Australian pelican: life as a heavyweight flier -- Malayan tapir: a most noteworthy nose -- Naked mole rat: mammals living like ants -- Two-toed sloth: upside down and coated with algae -- Proboscis monkey: a primate that's in the swim -- Mole cricket: an insect with claws -- Frill-necked lizard: dragon on two legs.
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578.4 Ro
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578.4 Ro
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578.4 Ro
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578.4 Ro
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