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The puzzle of the platypus : and other explorations of science in action / Jack Myers ; illustrated by John Rice.

by Myers, Jack.

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Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, c2008.

Animals -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.

Zoology -- Research -- Juvenile literature.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023741.html

1590785568 (reinforced) :

9781590785560 (reinforced) :

Myers, Jack. Scientists probe 11 animal mysteries.

64 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.

Finding polar-bear dens -- Dolphins in their noisy world -- The puzzle of the platypus -- Lee Boyd and the wild horses -- Elephant grandmothers -- A toolmaking crow -- Parrots that eat dirt -- Honey guides -- When a bowerbird seeks a mate -- Why do cliff swallows live together? -- How rattlesnakes make a living.

Scientists travel the world to solve eleven of nature's most intriguing puzzles. The stories are true cases of science in action--the challenging and often creative process of revealing nature's secrets.

A Junior Library Guild selection

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