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Get the scoop on animal blood : from great white sharks to blood-squirting lizards, 251 cool facts.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Get the scoopPublisher: Lake Forest, CA : Moondance Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 79 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781633222274
  • 1633222276
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Blood -- Blood colors -- Red blood cells -- Blood cell venom -- Moving blood -- Blood pressure -- Pumping blood -- Mountain blood -- Space blood -- Medicine blood -- Brain blood -- Thermostat blood -- Cooling blood -- Warming blood -- Diving blood -- Hibernating blood -- Smelling blood -- Defending blood -- No blood -- Surprising blood -- Glass blood -- Blood feeders -- Blood tests -- Wild & wacky.
Summary: Animal blood may sound gross, but there's a lot more to this amazing fluid than you may think. Animals use blood for defense, communications, protection, heating, cooling, and of course, for moving oxygen. Some animals even use it for food. From blood-squirting lizards to blood-lapping bats, explore the world of animal blood with hundreds of cool examples, incredible photos, and real science!
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 573.15 G394 Available 33111008537165
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 573.15 G394 Available 33111008826022
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Have you ever wondered why bugs have green blood? Or how vampire bats drink blood for meals? Get The Scoop on Animal Blood gives you all the gory, scientific details on what flows in animals veins.



This book is hot blooded! And cold blooded! And green blooded! In fact, when you dive into the world of animals and their blood , things can get pretty gross and weird. But we know you like gross and weird !



In this installment of the award-winning Get the Scoop series, you will find out why deep-diving mammals have larger blood cells than other animals and more of them. Have you ever wondered how vampire bats prefer to eat their bloody breakfast ? We'll tell you! How about why stink bugs have green blood , or while horned lizards squirt blood from their eyes ? We know that stuff, too!



Get the Scoop on Animal Blood comes with more than 250 wild and awesome facts about animal blood , and also has over 200 color photos of animals and, you guessed it , their blood. With this book, you will be neck deep in bloody science fun.





Includes bibliographical references and index.

Blood -- Blood colors -- Red blood cells -- Blood cell venom -- Moving blood -- Blood pressure -- Pumping blood -- Mountain blood -- Space blood -- Medicine blood -- Brain blood -- Thermostat blood -- Cooling blood -- Warming blood -- Diving blood -- Hibernating blood -- Smelling blood -- Defending blood -- No blood -- Surprising blood -- Glass blood -- Blood feeders -- Blood tests -- Wild & wacky.

Animal blood may sound gross, but there's a lot more to this amazing fluid than you may think. Animals use blood for defense, communications, protection, heating, cooling, and of course, for moving oxygen. Some animals even use it for food. From blood-squirting lizards to blood-lapping bats, explore the world of animal blood with hundreds of cool examples, incredible photos, and real science!

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