Masters of disguise : amazing animal tricksters / Rebecca L. Johnson.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781512400878
- 1512400874
- A Junior Library Guild Selection.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 591.473 J68 | Available | 33111008179943 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 591.473 J68 | Available | 33111008387041 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In the animal kingdom, survival is the name of the game--and not everything is as it seems. A number of animals rely on particularly clever tricks to fool predators or prey. A baby bird mimics a poisonous caterpillar. A moth escapes bats by making sounds that interfere with the bats' echolocation. A tiny rain forest spider builds a big spider "puppet" out of bits of dead leaves, insect parts, and other items. Find out more about some of nature's most bizarre and bloodthirsty con artists and meet the scientists who are working to figure out just how they pull off their amazing tricks.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-47) and index.
Presents animals that use camouflage to survive, including the harlequin filefish, the gliding lizard, and the cuckoo finch.
The art of deception -- Coat of many corpses -- Copycat -- Baby sings the blues -- You are what you eat -- Straw man -- Dead ringer -- Shell game -- Cloaking device -- Web of deceit -- How do they do it? -- Meet the scientists.
A Junior Library Guild Selection.