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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: Ann Moyal Publisher: JHU Press ISBN: 9780801880520 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
Eloquent and concise, Platypus uncovers the earliest theories and latest discoveries about this delightfully odd member of the animal kingdom.
Author: Tom Grant Publisher: UNSW Press ISBN: 9780868401430 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
Along with the kangaroos, the platypus is totally identified with Australia, and no other living animal has intrigues and fascinated the layperson and the scientist to quite the same degree. This book confines itself to the know facts rather than to the myths and legends with surround this beautiful, secretive and shy creature. In a clear narrative style assisted by superb illustrations, The Platypus takes us through the four seasons in the life of a platypus, describing for us what they eat, where they live, how they reproduce and how they are adapted for survival in an environment that is periodically ravaged by floods and droughts. This third edition of The Platypus has been thoroughly revised and re-designed enabling the reader to be fully up-to-date on the latest research findings about this unique Australian creature.
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: 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: 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: Jessica Rudolph Publisher: Bearport Publishing ISBN: 1642806757 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 28
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What’s that furry mammal with a bill? It’s a platypus! Beginning readers will learn all about these strange yet wonderful creatures in this delightful title. They will also learn basic information about platypuses, including how they catch food by picking up electrical signals and how they lay eggs! Each 24-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. The lively text, colorful design, and eye-catching photos are sure to capture the interest of emergent readers.
Author: Karen Latchana Kenney Publisher: Blastoff! Readers ISBN: 9781644874196 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 24
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"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to platypuses. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author: Christina Leaf Publisher: Bellwether Media ISBN: 1612118968 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 24
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The platypus is one strange-looking animal! These mammals have duck-like bills, beaver-like tails, otter-like bodies, and even venomous stingers on their webbed feet! Find out how these bizarre animals use their unique features in this title for beginning readers.
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: Ann Moyal
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