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"Do you want to know what dogs are thinking? What they're feeling? Now you finally can. The answers will surprise and delight young readers as scientist and dog-owner Alexandra Horowitz explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human."--
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"Animals are all around us. While we may not often see them, we can see signs that they've been there. Some signs might be simple footprints in snow or mud (tracks) and other signs include chewed or scratched bark, homes or even poop and pee (traces). Children will become animal detectives after learning how to "read" the animal signs left all around. Smart detectives can even figure out what the animals were doing! This is a perfect sequel to Mary...
5) Animal baths
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Explores ways in which a variety of animals -- such as mammals, insects, reptiles, and birds -- stay clean; and includes information on morphology.
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80 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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For more than forty-five years, the National Wildlife Federation has been dazzling families with amazing images and stories. Get ready for some supersonic fun that will make you say OUCH! Discover talon strength in birds of prey, sharp claws in lions and pumas, chewing mouthparts in insects, venom in snakes, and toxins in frogs. More? You want more? How about skunks that eat bees, stinging cells in jellyfish, meerkats that eat scorpions, caterpillars...
10) How animals feel
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"Provides comprehensive information on how animals feel by citing examples of emotional understanding and providing examples of animal altruism"--Provided by publisher.
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48 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cm
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Takes a close look at what we dislike about each of 10 unpopular animals, and then presents the flip side: these very same animals are often smart, helpful to humans and the environment, or inspiring to scientists.
17) Lions
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
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Provides information about lions, discussing their appearance, habits, habitats, and how they defend themselves.
18) Animal doctors
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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Looks at how animals use materials from the natural world to help heal themselves, from blue jays using stinging ants to coat their feathers to gorillas ingesting rocks and soil to provide them with necessary nutrients.
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"Ever wanted to talk to a tiger? Or chatter with a cheetah? Or yak with a yak? This book brings together a babble of more than 100 beasties and explores the amazing ways they talk to each other. From fish that fart to alligators that dunk to fire worms that flash, you'll discover that wildlife have the strangest ways of sending a message . . ." -- Back cover.
This book brings together a babble of more than 100 beasties and explores the amazing ways...
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