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Shell, beak, tusk : shared traits and the wonders of adaptation /

Introduces how evolution provides common traits for different animals, and the unique ways in which each uses them, from the shelled snail and turtle to the billed duck and platypus.

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Main Authors: Heos, Bridget
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Publisher Address: Boston ; New York :
Publication Dates: [2017]
©2017
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Convergence Biology > Juvenile literature
Adaptation Biology > Juvenile literature
Evolution > Juvenile literature
Convergence Biology
Adaptation Biology
Evolution
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Animals > Birds
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Animals > Ducks, Geese, etc
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Animals > Elephants
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Animals > Fishes
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Animals > Mammals
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Animals > Rabbits
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Photography
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Science & Nature > Biology
Picture books
Juvenile works
Summary: Introduces how evolution provides common traits for different animals, and the unique ways in which each uses them, from the shelled snail and turtle to the billed duck and platypus.
Carrier Form: 31 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm
Audience: Ages 6-9.
K to grade 3.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-30) and index.
ISBN: 9780544811669
0544811666
Index Number: QH373
CLC: Q11-49
Call Number: Q11-49/H528
Contents: Terrific traits -- Spines are for pricking -- A shell is for hiding -- Tall ears are for hearing -- and more -- Wings are for flying -- Black and white is for camouflage -- A light is for drawing attention -- A beak is for crushing -- A bill is for slurping -- A long, sticky tongue is for catching insects -- A tusk is for ... lots of things -- Twin traits.

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