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BL
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971472
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b725842
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| Title & Author
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Wildlife wonders : : visit some animal tricksters, rarities, and homebodies.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: Encyclopædia Britannica,, 2008.
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| Series Statement
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Britannica learning library
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (64 pages).
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| ISBN
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1593395078
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: 9781593395070
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9781593390150
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| Notes
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Includes index.
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| Contents
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Self-defense specialists -- Armadillos : the armored animals -- Chameleons : the color-wizard lizards -- King cobras : reptile royalty -- Ocelots : spotted American cats -- Opossums : playing dead to stay alive -- Porcupines : touch me nots -- Social animals -- Gibbons : the swinging singers -- Gorillas : fierce but shy apes -- Lions : meet the king and queen of beasts -- Wolves : noble hunters, strong families -- Picky eaters -- Koalas : the bears that aren't really bears -- Mongooses : snakes' feared rivals -- Pandas : cuddly exotic bears -- Clever creatures -- Apes : intelligent creatures -- like us! -- Bats : fliers by night -- Spiders : the silk spinners -- Amazing oddities -- Kiwis : New Zealand's feathered favorites -- Ostriches : the biggest birds in the world -- Platypuses : egg-laying mammals -- Tapirs : shy cousins of the horse and rhino -- Willing workers -- Camels : packed and ready to go -- Elephants : the largest animals on land -- Llamas : bounty of the Andes -- Yaks : shaggy beasts of Tibet -- Uncommon travelers -- Gazelles : the bouncers -- Kangaroos : Australia's awesome leapers -- Lemurs : monkeys' primitive cousins -- Wild goats : surefooted mountain climbers.
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| Abstract
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Part of the Britannica Learning Library series, in Wildlife Wonders, you will encounter amazing animals, study their actions, and learn how their habitats have changed over time.
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Animals, Juvenile literature.
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Animals.
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Animals.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION-- Science Nature-- Zoology.
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| Dewey Classification
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590
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QL49.W55 2008eb
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
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