Eyewitness natural world /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Dorling Kindersley ;
1994.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Form & function : the anatomy of animals-- inside and out
- Hunting & feeding : the food that different creatures eat, how they find it, and how they go about eating it
- Cycles of life : the life cycle of different animals from courtship and giving birth or laying eggs, to reaching adulthood and finding a mate
- Natural survival : the fight for survival, including the use of senses, camouflage, self-defense, mimicry, and hibernation and migration
- Evolution & extinction : the process of evolution and the reasons for extinction ; how animals are adapted and suited to different habitats
- Animal classification : a concise explanation of the animal world
- The history of life : the animals of the past-- when they appeared and when they died out
- Glossary : natural history terms defined and explained.