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The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world.This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension--the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic...
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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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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
61 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 16 x 25 cm.
Description
A scientific examination of the study of feces reviews the animals and insects who use it as part of their daily survival, scientific discoveries made through examinations of it, and purposes that it can serve, including fertilization.
5) Roar!
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Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Text and pictures describe the things which different kinds of animals like to do.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Enter stories of the most unlikely cross-species relationships imaginable: a chimp bottle-feeding tiger cub, a giant tortoise snuggling with a baby hippo, a black crow parenting a meerkat. Look at these remarkable relationships first hand, and through caregivers, biologists, and animal behaviorists. Explore what they suggest about the nature of animal emotions.
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
ix, 133 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
"In 2017 zoologist Dani Rabaiotti's teenage brother asked her a most teenaged question: Do snakes fart? Stumped, Rabaiotti turned to Twitter. The internet did not disappoint. Her innocent question spawned the hashtag #doesitfart and it spread like a noxious gas. Dozens of noted experts began weighing in on which animals do and don't fart, and if they do, how much, how often, what it's made of, what it smells like, and why."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 x 27 cm
Description
"This simple, and yes, charming book asks this question about seven examples of animal poop. By investigating visual clues, young readers can learn to identify the animal through its droppings. For instance, find a sample of poop with bits of bone and tufts of hair. Turn the page to learn it came from a fox!"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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x, 349 pages ; 24 cm
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"In Not So Different, the biologist Nathan H. Lents argues that the same evolutionary forces of cooperation and competition have shaped both humans and animals. Identical emotional and instinctual drives govern our actions. By acknowledging this shared programming, the human experience no longer seems unique, but in that loss we gain a fuller appreciation of such phenomena as sibling rivalry and the biological basis of grief, helping us lead more...
12) In my backyard
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A rhyming picture book that introduces backyard animals by baby and family group names while counting them from one to ten, followed by a "For creative minds" section with animal facts memory game and information on caring for wildlife.
13) Meet wild boars
Author
Series
Wild boars volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Description
It is very hard to be friends with wild boars because they are dirty and smelly, bad-tempered, and rude.
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xix, 330 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"A lively exploration of animal behavior in all its glorious complexity, from tiny wasps to lumbering elephants-and humans. It's time to leave behind the tired nature-versus-nurture debate. In Dancing Cockatoos and the Dead Man Test, Marlene Zuk asks a more fascinating question: How does behavior evolve, and how is that process similar-and different-in people and animals? Drawing from a wealth of research, including her own on insects, she explores...
15) Lion lessons
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Description
"Learning to be a lion takes some serious lessons, but luckily, this kid has a teacher who is a real pro"--
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Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Physical Desc
480 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 23 cm
Description
"In The Secret Language of Animals, biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal kingdom and shows us the whys and the hows behind the distinctive behavior of creatures great and small in their natural environments. Divided geographically into five sections--Africa, Asia, North America, the oceans, and the poles--the book examines and describes the behavior, body language, and patterns of communication of 20 different animals: the gorilla, lion,...
19) Born in China
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
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Description
Venturing into the wilds of China, the Disneynature documentary captures intimate moments with a panda bear and her growing cub, a young golden monkey who feels displaced by his baby sister and a mother snow leopard struggling to raise her two cubs.
20) One life
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (85 min.) : Blu-ray, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Join host Daniel Craig as he examines the circle of life that exists in all living things, from birth to the creation of the next generation.
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