Why do platypuses lay eggs? and other odd mammal adaptations / by Patricia Fletcher.
Material type:
TextSeries: Fletcher, Patricia Odd adaptations ; Publisher: New York : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781538204016
- 1538204010
- 9781538204030
- 1538204037
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 599.14 F614 | Available | 33111008855633 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The dictionary definition of a mammal says that mammals give birth to live young, but that's not always true. Echidnas and platypuses, while still technically mammals, lay eggs. Why they do so is one of the strangest adaptations of mammals on Earth. Readers explore this and many other incredible and bizarre adaptations of all kinds of mammals, including the purpose of milk teeth and the hairy truth about camouflage and the coats of many animals. Full-color photographs showcase each adaptation for curious readers as they absorb information about life cycles, predator-prey relationships, and more from the main content.
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Egg-laying mammals -- Adaptation education -- Such great heights -- Snacking beyond plants -- A hump of fat -- In the cold -- Odd and venomous -- Color code -- Adaptation attraction -- Humans' part.
Presents information about various adaptations that mammals have made to survive in their habitat, including the long necks of giraffes, the flat teeth of cows, and the hump of a camel.