Symbiosis : how different animals relate

Symbiosis How different animals relate

Bobbie Kalman

Book - 2016

"This fascinating book, illustrated with colorful photographs, makes the topic of symbiosis easy and fun. It looks at the positive, negative, and neutral effects that result when different kinds of animals interact with each other. Symbiotic relationships highlighted include birds and fish that clean parasites off other animals, bacteria that help keep animals and people healthy, mosquitoes that pass diseases such as malaria, predators that hunt prey, and scavengers that help clean the earth. Other examples of symbiotic relationships include several kinds of animals. Students are asked to illustrate symbiosis in human relationships that are similar to those found in nature."--

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Subjects
Symbiosis > Juvenile literature.
Mutualism (Biology) > Juvenile literature.
Animal behavior > Juvenile literature.
Published
St. Catharines, Ontario ; New York, New York : Crabtree Publishing Company [2016]
Language
English
Main Author
Bobbie Kalman (author)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN
9780778727859
  • What is symbiosis?
  • Animals that clean
  • Coral reef cleaners
  • Mutual survival
  • Help without harm
  • Helpful insects
  • Harmful insects
  • Parasitism among birds
  • What is a predation?
  • Nature's cleaners
  • Helpful bacteria
  • Mongoose symbiosis
  • Mongooses, birds, lizards
  • What kind of symbiosis?
Review by Booklist Review

These new books only sometimes live up to their series title, Big Science Ideas. Although each volume introduces a science concept related to animals, it often acts as a loose umbrella topic rather than a truly unifying theme. The majority of each book's space is devoted, instead, to individual examples that are briefly covered in one or two spreads. Symbiosis is the strongest of the bunch, as it frequently refers back to the different kinds of symbiosis introduced in the first spread: mutualism, commensalism, parasitism, and predation. Despite a frequent lack of cohesion, the books do offer an overview of generally interesting, useful topics. One special highlight is the many striking photos on the covers and throughout each book.--Aronin, Miriam Copyright 2016 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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