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"Nature is full of browns and grays. But some animals feature pinks, blues, and greens. Brilliant photos accompany lyrical nonfiction text to explore animals' hidden colors."--
"Why should the bright and flashy animals get all of the attention? If you look closely at some seemingly ordinary animals, you may find a colorful surprise. A lizard is brown. A hippo is gray. But wait! The lizard has a blue tongue to scare predators, and the hippo has pink...
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31 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm.
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Patterns do all sorts of amazing things in nature -- help animals blend in, attract pollinators to plants, spook intruders, and attract mates. Explore the many natural shapes and patterns through hand-drawn collages grouped by different traits and locations in the world.
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
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Learn what animals have stripes and why.
Illustrates the types of stripes that different animals have and describes the ways that stripes help them hide from predators or give them cover while they hunt.
Aprenda lo que los animales tienen rayas y por qué.
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80 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
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This book celebrates amazing animal surprises from all over the world with one-of-a-kind photographs from the NWF archives.
"Cusick explores how gravity-defying flight, coiled and tubelike tongues, bite-proof armor and other surprising adaptations in animal bodies and behavior provide a competitive edge. This presentation of amazing animal facts is loosely organized into three sections: defense, foraging and anatomy. There's a short introduction...
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