Disney Educational - Bill Nye The Science Guy: Marine Mammals
Aren't marine mammals just like fish? How do they keep warm in the cold seas? How do they feed their young? The Science Guy has all the answers in Bill Nye the Science Guy: Marine Mammals, and he tells his student audience that marine mammals have more in common with humans than they do with fish.
This book lures its readers into a magical world populated by appealing young creatures. Within its pages, children can see a baby beaver help build a dam, baby chicks learn to scratch for food, baby chipmunks scurry up a tree, and baby walruses bask on an iceberg in the sun. Wherever they live, baby animals do many of the same things that human youngsters do: play, eat, sleep, and find adventure. Including every kind of animal from birds and insects to mammals and reptiles, Animal Babies delivers a huge amount of information in a storybook-like style. The gripping and easily absorbed facts will inspire early readers to find out even more about each creatures life, habits, and habitat.
The Prehistoric Earth is a set devoted to dinosaurs and other fascinating prehistoric creatures, including mammals, birds, flying reptiles, fish and other ocean life, and human ancestors. Each title highlights fundamental principles of scientific inquiry and provides insight into the work of scientists. Striking full-color photographs and illustrations bring to life the secrets of Earth's ancient past. This is an outstanding resource for readers of any age who are interested in well-written and thought-provoking introductory-level discussions on select topics in evolutionary history. Highly recommended for both home and school libraries.
Discovery School - Jeff Corwin Experience: Mammals Around the World
Journey around the globe for a look at the wide variety of mammal species that inhabit Earth. You'll visit Morocco, Nepal, Brazil, and Tanzania and meet many animals, including red pandas, capybaras, giant river otters, mouse opossums, Malayan fruit bats, and giraffes.
Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the natural world of mammals. Stunning real-life photographs of bushbabies, badgers, wallabies and more offer a unique eyewitness view of the natural history of mammal behavior and anatomy. See how newborn mice develop, what the inside of a molehill looks like, how a chinchilla keeps its fur clean, and the only mammals that can fly. Learn how to recognize mammal footprints, why some animals store food in their cheek pouches, and how the porcupine frightens its enemies. Discover how camels can walk on sand, what mammals looked like in the Ice Age, why some mammals have spines instead of fur, why a wallaby has a pouch, and much, much more.
