Author: Ann Moyal Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 9780801880520 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 252
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Eloquent and concise, Platypus uncovers the earliest theories and latest discoveries about this delightfully odd member of the animal kingdom.
Author: Jack Ashby Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022678925X Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 396
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"Naturalist and Assistant Director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, Jack Ashby shares his love for the platypus and other Australian mammals, including wombats, echidnas, and kangaroos. Informed by stories of his experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals on fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia and his close contact with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last 200 years, Ashby's book explains historical mysteries and debunks myths about these mammals and especially the platypus-which lays eggs, feeds its young on milk, has venom spurs, and sports a bill that can detect electricity. In evaluating how humans have considered these special mammals, he makes clear that calling these animals "weird" or "primitive"- or incorrectly implying that Australia is an "evolutionary backwater"-has only added to the challenges for their conservation. One outcome of these descriptions is that Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of anywhere on Earth. Ashby argues that many of the ways that the world thinks about Australia's mammals can be traced back to the country's colonial history"--
Author: Grace Hansen Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 1532186436 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 27
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This title covers basic information about platypuses, one of Australia's most unique and rare animals! Information in this title covers a platypus's habitat, diet, habits, and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
Author: Megan Borgert-Spaniol Publisher: Blastoff! Readers ISBN: 9781626172128 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces platypuses to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
Author: Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 9781404839854 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Through simple language, fun facts, maps, cut-paper illustrations, and more, a renowned nonfiction author tells the tales of some amazing animals and the worlds in which they live.
Author: Rebecca E. Hirsch Publisher: Lerner Publications ™ ISBN: 1541509226 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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Find out what a platypus has in common with a beaver or a dolphin. Learn what sets a platypus apart from a giraffe or a wild dog. Readers will compare key traits of platypuses—their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle—to traits of other mammals. Charts and sidebars support key ideas and provide details. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, readers will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes this animal a mammal and how mammals are alike and different from each other.
Author: Tracy Vonder Brink Publisher: EZ Readers ISBN: 1545758557 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 24
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The platypus, an animal like no other, lives only in Australia. A platypus has a flat tail like a beaver and a bill and webbed feet like a duck. Platypuses lay eggs, but they are mammals! Discover where these amazing animals swim, how they find food, how they raise their young, and more in All About Australian Platypuses.
Author: Nancy Loewen Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 1404861718 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 18
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Ready to build a research report? First, you'll need the right tools. Open this title in the Writer's Toolbox series and discover plenty of tips and tools to get you started. Soon you'll be collecting and organizing facts like a pro!
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