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Catching air : taking the leap with gliding animals /

Only a select few animals are able to glide long distances through air, but they include an amazing variety-- even a few species of frogs and snakes. Catching Air takes us around the planet to meet these animals and explore why this gravity-defying talent has evolved in animals, amphibians, and rept...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collard, Sneed B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Thomaston, Maine] : Tilbury House Publishing, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Series:How nature works.
Subjects:
Gliders (Mammals) > Juvenile literature.
Vertebrates > Juvenile literature.
Mammals > Flight > Juvenile literature.
Reptiles > Flight > Juvenile literature.
Amphibians > Flight > Juvenile literature.
Gliders (Mammals)
Vertebrates.
Mammals > Flight.
Reptiles > Flight.
Amphibians > Flight.
Animals > Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Zoology.
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Summary:Only a select few animals are able to glide long distances through air, but they include an amazing variety-- even a few species of frogs and snakes. Catching Air takes us around the planet to meet these animals and explore why this gravity-defying talent has evolved in animals, amphibians, and reptiles.
Physical Description:39 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 38).
ISBN:0884484963
9780884484967