Platypus / Sue Whiting ; illustrated by Mark Jackson.
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TextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: 29 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780763680985
- 0763680982
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Meet the puzzling platypus! A lively narrative and engaging illustrations follow a fascinating creature that defies categorization.
There it is, a giant duckbill emerging from a burrow. But this animal has fur -- and walks low to the ground, with claws and a wide, flat tail like a beaver. When it swims, it looks like a miniature crocodile, and when faced with threats, it keeps its snakelike venom at the ready. And did you know that the female platypus lays eggs? Follow a most unusual mammal as it leaves its home and travels through the night, gliding past wallabies and evading a hungry fox -- hurrying, scurrying, always busy, always looking for a meal!
Includes index.
This new edition to the Nature Storybooks series is about one of Australia's most puzzling and unique animals - the platypus. Platypus leaves his burrow in the riverbank and dives into the cool green pool. It is dusk and he is hungry. Platypus is always busy, always moving, looking for his next meal. Follow platypus as he plays, swims, dives and scurries around his riverbank home.