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1) Hibernation
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Series
Publisher
Gloucester Press
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the practice of hibernation as a means for winter survival, discussing the habits of a variety of animals such as hummingbirds, bats, chipmunks, and rattlesnakes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 630L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Why do aquatic frogs spend the winter buried in mud? Why to garter snakes coil together in dens? Animals hibernate in some unique ways. Discover the amazing ways hibernating animals spend the winter.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Animals communicate through a myriad of ways including body language and pheromones. This thoughtful book surrounding ethology and how animals communicate through smell, taste, sight, sound, and feel reveals the secrets and science behind animals. Elephants will show affection with each other by entwining their trunks. Kangaroos and rabbits thump their hind legs to warn others of impending danger. Explanative text by award-winning author Rebecca Stefoff...
10) How Animals Feel
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Language
English
Description
Can animals feel empathy or have a consciousness? Through the extensive work from ethologists like Charles Darwin and Jane Goodall, it is widely thought that some animals do feel empathy. Research is ongoing, however, dogs, birds, elephants, rodents, and dolphins are thought to all have a moral compass. In what ways do these animal species show empathy or feeling? Through explanative based text by award-winning author Rebecca Stefoff, your readers...
11) How Animals Play
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior. It was widely thought that animal play, mostly in mammals, was part of Darwinian natural selection and somehow fit into survival of the fittest. However, animal researchers believe that animals play out of pure joy, rather than aiding in their survival. This jovial book about animal play, tells the secrets of, and the science behind, clever baboons that know which cars to break into for snacks,...
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English
Description
Birds that are smarter than a fifth grader--smart enough to do math, that is. Chimps that use tools. These are just two examples of the amazing skills of the animals all around us. In this jovial book, award-winning author Rebecca Stefoff tells us not just that animals are intelligent, but explains how researchers have discovered how smart they are. Readers will learn the languages of chimps and the mental maps of birds as well as the disputes that...
13) Animal Abilities
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Language
English
Description
The Fascinating Life Of Animals: In Amazing Animal Behaviors: Animal Abilities, 1st-4th graders dive into the fascinating lives of their favorite animals and learn about their remarkable abilities!
Fun Facts For Animal Lovers: Young readers read about an animal behavior case study to explore fun facts about different animals and their navigation, camouflaging, mimicry skills, and much more!
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Language
English
Description
The Fascinating Life Of Animals: In Amazing Animal Behaviors: Animal Communication, 1st-4th graders dive into the fascinating lives of their favorite animals and learn about the remarkable ways in which they communicate!
Fun Facts For Animal Lovers: How do elephants show affection? What animals communicate by scratching on trees? Young learners read an animal behavior case study exploring fun facts about the ways animals communicate using different...
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English
Description
The Fascinating Life Of Animals: In Amazing Animal Behaviors: Animal Problem-Solving, 1st-4th graders dive into the lives of their favorite animals and learn about the remarkable ways in which they work together, solve problems, and survive the wild!
Fun Facts For Animal Lovers: How do octopuses make shields? What's a monkey's go-to snack? Young learners read an animal behavior case study exploring fun facts about the ways animals collaborate, use...
16) Animal Societies
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English
Description
The Fascinating Life Of Animals: In Amazing Animal Behaviors: Animal Societies, 1st-4th graders dive into the lives of their favorite animals and learn about the fascinating ways in which animals live and interact within groups of their own kind!
Fun Facts For Animal Lovers: How do animals build their homes? How do they hunt for food? Young learners read an animal behavior case study exploring fun facts about the ways animals interact within different...
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