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Animal ultimate handbook / written by Andrea Mills, Lizzie Munsey, Catherine Saunders ; consultant, Cathriona Hickey.
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- ISBN: 9780744056693
- Physical Description: 352 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition: First American edition.
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| General Note: | Includes index. |
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| Subject: | Animals > Miscellanea |
| Genre: | Trivia and miscellanea. Instructional and educational works. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pease Public Library | J 590 MILLS | 34598001000408 | Children's Juvenile Non-Fiction | Checked out | 05/13/2024 |
Animal Ultimate Handbook : The Need-To-Know Facts and Stats on More Than 200 Animals
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Animal Ultimate Handbook : The Need-To-Know Facts and Stats on More Than 200 Animals
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| How this book works | p. 8 | |
| What is an animal? | p. 10 | |
| Mammals | ||
| What is a mammal? | p. 14 | |
| Sun bear & Giant panda | p. 16 | |
| Camel & Dramedary camel | p. 18 | |
| Vicuna & Wild ass | p. 20 | |
| Lion & Leopard | p. 22 | |
| Head-to-head! Cheetah vs. Cape springbok | p. 24 | |
| Ground pangolin & African hunting dog | p. 26 | |
| European hedgehog & Meerkat | p. 28 | |
| Wolvering & Brown-throated sloth | p. 30 | |
| Crested porcupine & Duck-billed platypus | p. 32 | |
| Koala & Red kangaroo | p. 34 | |
| Bottlenose dolphin & Narwhal | p. 36 | |
| Harbor seal & Walrus | p. 38 | |
| Amazonian manatee & Sea otter | p. 40 | |
| Snow leopard & Caracal | p. 42 | |
| Purna & Amur tiger | p. 44 | |
| The watering hole | p. 46 | |
| Head-to-head! Kangaroo rat vs. Cat flea | p. 48 | |
| Proboscis monkey & Emperor tamarin | p. 50 | |
| Ring-tailed lemur | p. 52 | |
| Slow loris & Quokka | p. 54 | |
| Southern giraffe & American bison | p. 56 | |
| Grizzly bear & Polar bear | p. 58 | |
| Moose & Reindeer | p. 60 | |
| Etruscan shrew & Kitti's hog nosed bat | p. 62 | |
| Communication | p. 64 | |
| Przewalski's horse & Plains zebra | p. 66 | |
| Blue whale | p. 68 | |
| Domesticated animals | p. 70 | |
| Eastern lowland gorilla & Sumatran orangutan | p. 72 | |
| Common chimpanzee & Human | p. 74 | |
| Head-to-head! American pygmy shrew vs. Bee hummingbird | p. 76 | |
| Capybara & Short-tailed chinchilla | p. 78 | |
| Mountain goat & Malayan tapir | p. 80 | |
| Amphibians | ||
| What is an amphibian? | p. 84 | |
| Axolotl | p. 86 | |
| Green tree frog & Great crested newt | p. 88 | |
| Argentina horned frog & Mandarin salamnder | p. 90 | |
| Golden poison frog | p. 92 | |
| Head-to-head! Wallace's flying frog vs. Sunda colugo | p. 94 | |
| Red salamander & White's tree frog | p. 96 | |
| California newt & Tomato frog | p. 98 | |
| Chinese giant salamander | p. 100 | |
| Head-to-head! Striped rocket frog vs. Red kangaroo | p. 102 | |
| Leapfrog | p. 104 | |
| European fire salamander & Yellow-banded frog | p. 106 | |
| Red-eyed tree frog & Wood frog | p. 108 | |
| Skilled defenders | p. 110 | |
| Head-to-head! Dung beetle vs. African elephant | p. 112 | |
| Mudpuppy & Olm | p. 114 | |
| Mexican burrowing toad & Surinam toad | p. 116 | |
| Hairy frog & Purple frog | p. 118 | |
| Wallace's flying frog | p. 120 | |
| Fish | ||
| What is a fish? | p. 124 | |
| Life on the reef | p. 126 | |
| Pacific sea nettle & Anglerfish | p. 128 | |
| Spotted eagle ray & Bennet's flying fish | p. 130 | |
| Red-bellied piranha & Leafy steadragon | p. 132 | |
| Atlantic mudskipper & Yellow boxfish | p. 134 | |
| Red lionfish & Green parrotfish | p. 136 | |
| Sea lamprey & Long-spine porcupinefish | p. 138 | |
| Head-to-head! | p. 140 | |
| Sydney funnel-web spider vs. Reef stonefish Tassled scorpionfish & Giant manta ray | p. 142 | |
| Stonfish & Catfish | p. 144 | |
| Long-snouted seahorse & Neon tetra | p. 146 | |
| Cownose ray & Giant oarfish | p. 148 | |
| Betta & Orange clownfish | p. 150 | |
| Australian ghost shark & Zebra shark | p. 152 | |
| Swordfish | p. 154 | |
| Head-to-head! Cuvier's beaked whale vs. Mariana snailfish | p. 156 | |
| Migration | p. 158 | |
| Psychedelic frogfish & X-ray fish | p. 160 | |
| Electric eel & European eel | p. 162 | |
| Head-to-head! Bowhead whale vs. Greenland shark | p. 164 | |
| Great white shark | p. 166 | |
| Longhorn cowfish | p. 168 | |
| Birds | ||
| What is a bird? | p. 172 | |
| Wandering albatross | p. 174 | |
| Head-to-head! Arctic tern vs. Wildebeest | p. 176 | |
| California condor & Brown pelican | p. 178 | |
| Atlantic puffin & Snowy owl | p. 180 | |
| Greater flamingo & Secretary bird | p. 182 | |
| Andean condor | p. 184 | |
| Bee hummingbird | p. 186 | |
| Animal diets | p. 188 | |
| Emu & King penguin | p. 190 | |
| Mute swan & Blakiston fish owl | p. 192 | |
| Mandarin duck | p. 194 | |
| Common toucan & Common kingfisher | p. 196 | |
| Golden eagle & White-bellied sea eagle | p. 198 | |
| Head-to-head! Common swift vs. Mexican free-tailed bat Kookaburra & Frigatebird | p. 202 | |
| Scissor-tailed flycatcher & Long-tailed widowbird | p. 204 | |
| Great blue heron & Shoebill | p. 206 | |
| Master weavers | p. 208 | |
| Blue tit & Blue-throated hummingbird | p. 210 | |
| Common raven & Scarlet macaw | p. 212 | |
| Head-to-head! Eagle vs. Mantis shrimp | p. 214 | |
| Indian peafowl & Bald eagle | p. 216 | |
| Ostrich & Southern cassowary | p. 218 | |
| Red kite & Lappet-faced vulture | p. 220 | |
| Dinosaurs | p. 222 | |
| Crow & Starling | p. 224 | |
| Owlet nightjar & Tawny frogmouth | p. 226 | |
| Victoria crowned pigeon | p. 228 | |
| Reptiles | ||
| What is a reptile? | p. 232 | |
| Yellow bellied slider & green anole | p. 234 | |
| Banded sea krait & Green iguana | p. 236 | |
| Kuhl's flying gecko & Armadillo lizard | p. 238 | |
| Green sea turtle & Green basilisk | p. 240 | |
| Slow worm & Tokay gecko | p. 242 | |
| Spectacled caiman & King cobra | p. 244 | |
| Leatherback turtle & Flying dragon | p. 246 | |
| Five-lined skink & Golden tree snake | p. 248 | |
| Big headed turtle & American alligator | p. 250 | |
| Head-to-head! Sea turtle vs. Tardigrade | p. 252 | |
| Paradise tree snake & Bearded dragon | p. 254 | |
| Thorny devil & Rough green snake | p. 256 | |
| California legless lizard & Namaqua chameleon | p. 258 | |
| Gaboon viper & African shovel-snouted lizard | p. 260 | |
| Sandfish skink & Tuatara | p. 262 | |
| Texas thread snake & Jackson's chameleon | p. 264 | |
| Galápagos tortoise | p. 266 | |
| Classifying creatures | p. 268 | |
| Head-to-head! Saltwater crocodile vs. Great white shark | p. 270 | |
| Frilled lizard & Black mamba | p. 272 | |
| Komodo dragon | p. 274 | |
| Green anaconda | p. 276 | |
| Invertebrates | ||
| What is an invertebrate | p. 280 | |
| Cobalt blue tarantula & European stag beetle | p. 282 | |
| Malayan frog beetle & Two-spot assassin bug | p. 284 | |
| Common wasp & Seven-spot ladybug | p. 286 | |
| Common octopus & Giant Pacific octopus | p. 288 | |
| Dung beetle | p. 290 | |
| Hercules beetle & Pine weevil | p. 292 | |
| Jewel beetle & Giant clam | p. 294 | |
| Atlas moth & Harlequin beetle | p. 296 | |
| Top teamwork | p. 298 | |
| Prime predators | p. 300 | |
| Termite & Glow worm | p. 302 | |
| Jewel scarab & Black widow | p. 304 | |
| Cockroach & Cicada | p. 306 | |
| Emperor scorpion & Arabian fat-tailed scorpion | p. 308 | |
| Goliath beetle & Darwin's beetle | p. 310 | |
| Madagascan moon moth & Giraffe weevil | p. 312 | |
| Humboldt squid | p. 314 | |
| Pacific sea nettle & Blue-ringed octopus | p. 316 | |
| Flat rock scorpion & Deathstalker scorpion | p. 318 | |
| Barrel jellyfish & Crown jellyfish | p. 320 | |
| Head-to-head! Moths vs. bats | p. 322 | |
| Insect camouflage | p. 324 | |
| Common lobster & Mimic octopus | p. 326 | |
| Coconut octopus & Lion's mane jellyfish | p. 328 | |
| Box jellyfish & Dumbo octopus | p. 330 | |
| Metamorphosis | p. 332 | |
| Violin beetle & Acorn weevil | p. 334 | |
| Gray's leaf insect & European mantis | p. 336 | |
| Animal extinction | p. 338 | |
| Save the animals | p. 340 | |
| Glossary | p. 342 | |
| Index | p. 346 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 352 |
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