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Arctic wolf : the high Arctic / by DeLallo, Laura.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31), Internet addresses, and index.Provides an overview of the natural history, physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of Arctic wolves, and recounts the adventures of two scientists who track and study them.LSC
Subjects: Gray wolf;
© c2011., Bearport Pub.,
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Chameleons / by Bodden, Valerie.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index."A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of chameleons, the color-changing reptiles. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why chameleons shake while they walk"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Chameleons;
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Misunderstood Shark : friends don't eat friends! / by Dyckman, Ame.; Magoon, Scott.;
Bob, host of Underwater World with Bob, is furious with Shark, not only because Shark ate him (admittedly bad manners), but because Shark will not even admit what he did; the ocean may not be big enough for both of them--unless Shark faces up to his bad behavior, stops sulking (and eating the animals on the program, and maybe barfing up his stomach) and apologizes. LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Sharks; Marine animals; Nature television programs;
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Cougars / by Riggs, Kate.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index."A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of cougars, the second-largest cats of the Americas. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why cougars have long, thin bodies"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Puma;
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Beagles : everything about purchase, care, nutrition, handling, and behavior / by Roesel-Parent, Lucia E.,author.; Bruce, Debbie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.One of America's favorite dog breeds is profiled in detail in this newly updated pet manual. Even-tempered and typically gentle in disposition, the Beagle is good with kids and makes a fine family pet. The author offers extensive advice on nutritious feeding, training, grooming, health care, and much more. This title in Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals is just one among many in a series that covers all popular dog and cat breeds, bird varieties, small caged animals, aquarium fish varieties, terrarium pets, and even reptiles, amphibians, and exotics. Titles in this series feature approximately 70 color photographs.
Subjects: Beagle (Dog breed);
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Rescuing Mrs. Birdley / by Reynolds, Aaron,1970-; Reynolds, Emma,1988-;
Self-proclaimed animal expert Miranda Montgomery sees her teacher at the grocery store and decides to return her to her natural habitat, the classroom.Ages 4-8.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Helping behavior; Teachers;
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Dogs and monsters : stories / by Haddon, Mark,1962-author.;
"Greek myths have fascinated people for millennia, seeing in them lessons about fate and hubris and the contingency of existence. Mark Haddon digs into the heart of these ancient fables and sees them anew. The dawn goddess Eos asked asks Zeus to give her lover Tithonus eternal life, but forgets to ask for eternal youth. In "The Quiet Limit of the World" Haddon imagines Tithonus' life as he slowly ages over thousands of years, turning the cautionary tale of tempting the gods into a spellbinding meditation on witnessing death from the outside, and ultimately, how carnal love evolves into something richer and more poignant with time. In "The Mother's Story," Haddon takes the myth of the minotaur in his labyrinth, in which the beast is the spawn of the monstrous lust of the king's wife Pasiphae, and turns it into a wrenching parable of maternal love for a damaged child, and the more real monstrosities of patriarchy. In "D.O.G.Z." the story of Actaeon, who was turned into a stag after glimpsing the naked goddess Diana and torn to pieces by his hunting dogs, becomes a visceral metaphor about the continuum of human and animal behavior. Other stories play with contemporary mythic tropes - genetic engineering, trying to escape the future, the viciousness of adolescent ostracism - to showcase how modern humans are subject to the same capriciousness that obsessed the Greeks. Haddon's tales cover a vast range, from the mythic to the domestic, from ancient Greece to the present day, from stories about love to stories about cruelty, from battlefields to bed and breakfasts, from dogs in space to doors between worlds, all of them bound together by a profound sympathy and an understanding of how human beings act and think and feel when pushed to the very edge. Throughout Haddon's supple prose showcases his astonishing powers of observation, of both the physical world and the workings of the psyche. His vision is clear-eyed, but always resolutely empathetic"--
Subjects: Short stories.;
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Birds, sex, and beauty : the extraordinary implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea / by Ridley, Matt,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In all animals, mating is a deal. But few creatures behave as if sex is a simple transaction. Many treat it with reverence, suspicion, angst and violence. In the case of the Black Grouse, the bird at the centre of Matt Ridley's investigation, the males dance and sing for hours a day, for several exhausting months, in an exhausting and sometimes deadly ritual called a 'lek'. To prepare for the ordeal, they grow, preen and display fancy, twisted, bold-colored feathers. But why are males the eager sellers and females the discerning buyers? Why do increasingly baroque and bizarre males put themselves at risk of attack by circling hawks and rival birds? And why are these displays considered beautiful by humans at all?
Subjects: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.; Birds; Evolution (Biology); Lek behavior.; Natural selection.;
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Owls / by Swanson, Diane,1944-;
Describes the physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of these birds with sharp beaks, sharp claws, and super sharp senses.
Subjects: Owls;
© 1998., Gareth Stevens,
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You're loved / by Climo, Liz.;
"A sweet, honest, and uplifting tribute to the milestone of childhood and parents who are there for every win, every fall, and every goodnight kiss"--
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Animal fiction.; Board books.; Attachment behavior; Parent and child; Infants; Love;
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