Animals A visual encyclopedia
Book - 2024
See the animal kingdom up close and personal in this ultimate reference book for children. Filled with more than 700 photographs, habitat maps, and illustrations, Animals A Children's Encyclopedia helps children and parents learn about the rich variety of animal life on our planet. Meet the deadliest, largest, friendliest, fastest and downright strangest animals known to man, and discover what they look like, where they live, what they do, what they eat and what life is like for their young. From the latest research to recent numbers on populations, this book gives you all the information you need about animals on land, in water, and in the air.
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- Genres
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- Published
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New York, NY :
DK Publishing
2024.
- Language
- English
- Edition
- New edition, fully revised and updated; Third edition, American edition
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- 304 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
- ISBN
- 9780593841778
9780744092875
- Foreword
- Animal Kingdom
- What is an animal?
- Animal behavior
- An animal's life cycle
- World habitats
- Animals in danger
- Mammals
- What is a mammal?
- Marsupials
- Gliding mammals
- Insect eaters
- Bats
- Listening bats
- Primates
- New World, Old World
- The unique gelada
- Apes
- Prosimian primates
- Rodents
- A world of rodents
- Beaver engineers
- Whales and dolphins
- A world of whales
- Mother and calf
- Dolphin communication
- Dogs
- Born for the cold!
- Bears
- Saving giant pandas
- Cats
- Lion teamwork
- A world of cats
- Playing to survive
- Weasels and their relatives
- At home with sea otters
- Civets and relatives
- Seals and sea lions
- I am the walrus
- Elephants
- Elephant family
- Dugongs and manatees
- Horses, assess, and zebras
- Giraffe and okapi
- Rhinoceroses
- Battling hippos
- Camels and relatives
- Deer
- Cattle and antelope
- Wildebeest migration
- Birds
- What is a bird?
- A world of birds
- Birds of a feather
- Birds of prey
- Bald eagle
- Silent owls
- Game birds
- Seabirds and shorebirds
- Penguins
- The wandering albatross
- Pelicans and relatives
- Waterbirds
- Migration: Snow geese
- Kingfishers and relatives
- Flamingos
- Herons and relatives
- Parrots
- Hummingbirds
- Woodpeckers and toucans
- Amazing nests
- Perching birds
- Starlings
- A world of eggs
- Reptiles
- What is a reptile?
- Reptile birthday
- Tortoises and trutles
- Snakes
- Lizards
- Chameleons
- Geckos, skinks, and others
- Iguanas, monitors, and relatives
- Crocodiles and alligators
- Amphibians
- What is an amphibian?
- Salamanders and news
- Frogs and toads
- Marine toad
- Poison dart frogs
- Frogs and toads
- Fish
- What is a fish?
- A world of sharks
- The big-headed hammerhead
- Killer sharks?
- Skates and rays
- Bony fish
- Schools
- Fishing for food
- Giant grouper
- Deep-sea fish
- Spawning salmon
- Invertebrates
- What is an invertebrate?
- Sponges
- Sea anemones
- Jellyfish
- Corals
- Worms
- Mollusks
- Snails and slugs
- Octopuses and squid
- A world of shells
- Arthropods
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Stick and leaf insects
- Grasshoppers and crickets
- Mantids
- Cockroaches
- Bugs
- Treehoppers
- A world of beetles
- Wetas
- Ants
- Termites
- Bees and wasps
- Flies
- Butterflies and moths
- Moths and butterflies
- Scorpions
- Spiders
- Spider silk
- Crustaceans
- Spider crabs
- Centipedes and millipedes
- Echinoderms
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgments