Bibliograph

Animal super powers, Dr Nick Crumpton ; illustrated by Viola Wang

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Label

Animal super powers, Dr Nick Crumpton ; illustrated by Viola Wang

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

7-11 years old

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Animal super powers

Responsibility statement

Dr Nick Crumpton ; illustrated by Viola Wang

Summary

Discover the most brilliant skills animals have ever evolved in a stylish and fascinating picture book. Body armour, seeing with sound, gliding without wings - wherever you look in the animal kingdom, you can find amazing super skills to deal with nature's trickiest challenges. In fact, these skills are so amazing that they have evolved again and again in totally unrelated animals! From tiny insects to ginormous giraffes, meet the creatures that have the same ingenious ways of surviving and thriving on planet Earth. Discover the wonders of evolution in this vibrant picture book packed with incredible facts from zoologist Dr Nick Crumpton, and illustrated by award-winning new talent Viola Wang

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Body armour -- Complex eyes -- Wings -- Eating ants and termites -- Seeing with sound -- Venom -- Eating dead things -- Long necks -- Jumping -- Living underground -- Speedy swimming -- Drinking nectar -- Drinking blood -- Spines -- Losing legs -- Long tongues -- Prehensile tails -- Working together -- Gliding -- Sabre teeth -- The power of evolution

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Animal super powers, the most amazing ways animals have evolved

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