Bibliograph

Bird brains, the wild & wacky world of birds, Jeremy Hyman, PhD ; illustrated by Haude Levesque, PhD

Type

Label

Bird brains, the wild & wacky world of birds, Jeremy Hyman, PhD ; illustrated by Haude Levesque, PhD

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

8-12 years

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bird brains

Responsibility statement

Jeremy Hyman, PhD ; illustrated by Haude Levesque, PhD

Sub title

the wild & wacky world of birds

Summary

Accurate, current bird science presented in an intriguing, highly illustrated way. Birds do the wildest things! Learn how birds use sound,color, and dances to communicate with each other, and camouflage, dive-bombing, and projectile vomiting to discourage predators. They build nests with sticks, stones, feathers, vines, mud, mucus, saliva, and more. Did you know that : Birds are smart? Crows watch traffic lights in big cities so cars can break open hard nutshells ; Birds are strong? Raptors can withstand G-forces of more than 27 Gs when they swoop down to capture prey. That's three times more than a fighter jet pilot can stand without passing out ; Birds are gross? Parent birds feed regurgitated food to hatchlings. A whole world of wonder awaits any inquisitive child!

Target audience

juvenile

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