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The puzzle of the platypus : and other explorations of science in action / Jack Myers ; illustrated by John Rice.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Scientists probe 11 animal mystriesPublisher: Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills PressCopyright date: ©2008Edition: First editionDescription: 64 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Juvenile
ISBN:
  • 1590785568 (reinforced) :
  • 9781590785560 (reinforced) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 590 22
LOC classification:
  • QL49 .M9439 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Finding polar-bear dens -- Dolphins in their noisy world -- The puzzle of the platypus -- Lee Boyd and the wild horses -- Elephant grandmothers -- A toolmaking crow -- Parrots that eat dirt -- Honey guides -- When a bowerbird seeks a mate -- Why do cliff swallows live together? -- How rattlesnakes make a living.
  • A Junior Library Guild selection
Summary: Scientists travel the world to solve eleven of nature's most intriguing puzzles. The stories are true cases of science in action--the challenging and often creative process of revealing nature's secrets.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.

Finding polar-bear dens -- Dolphins in their noisy world -- The puzzle of the platypus -- Lee Boyd and the wild horses -- Elephant grandmothers -- A toolmaking crow -- Parrots that eat dirt -- Honey guides -- When a bowerbird seeks a mate -- Why do cliff swallows live together? -- How rattlesnakes make a living.

Scientists travel the world to solve eleven of nature's most intriguing puzzles. The stories are true cases of science in action--the challenging and often creative process of revealing nature's secrets.

A Junior Library Guild selection

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