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1) The inner life of animals: love, grief, and compassion : surprising observations of a hidden world
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Mysteries of nature trilogy volume 2
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English
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees.
"The Inner Life of Animals will rock your world. This book shows us that animals think, feel and know in much the same way as we do."—Sy Montgomery, bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus
Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life
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How is Animals in Translation different from every other animal book ever published?Animals in Translation is like no other animal book because of Temple Grandin. As an animal scientist and a person with autism, her professional training and personal history have created a perspective like no other thinker in the field, and this is her exciting, groundbreaking view of the intersection of autism and animal.
Unlike other well-known writers in the
...3) Animal baths
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English
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Discover how all kinds of animals bathe in this playful exploration of bath time in the animal kingdom! Learn how tiny shrimp aid eels in keeping their teeth squeaky clean, and how schools of fish help sharks stay spic and span. Young readers will recognize their own bath time habits, and will love splashing and playing along in their own imaginative way. Simple rhyming text and vibrant, colorful collages by award-winning author and artist Bob Barner...
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English
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"Two auditors for the U.S. egg industry go rogue and conceive a plot to steal a million chickens in the middle of the nightan entire egg farms worth of animals. Janey and Clevelanda spirited former runaway and the officious head of auditsassemble a precarious, quarrelsome team and descend on the farm on a dark spring evening. A series of catastrophes ensues"--Goodreads.
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Candlewick Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A scientific examination of the study of feces reviews the animals and insects who use it as part of their daily survival, scientific discoveries made through examinations of it, and purposes that it can serve, including fertilization.
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Simon & Schuster
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English
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"For the first time, a historian of science draws evidence from across the world to show how humans and other animals are astonishingly similar when it comes to their feelings and the ways in which they lose their minds. Charles Darwin developed his evolutionary theories by looking at physical differences in Galapagos finches and fancy pigeons. Alfred Russell Wallace investigated a range of creatures in the Malay Archipelago. Laurel Braitman got her...
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English
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Temple Grandin has been working on animal environments all her life. "Animals Make Us Human" is the culmination of almost 30 years of researching and experimenting with different ways to improve animals' living conditions. Ultimately, it all comes down to this: How we care for our animals is a reflection of how we regard life. We could be doing a better job, and she can show us how.
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Scribner
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English
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"With Wildhood, Harvard evolutionary biologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and award-winning science writer Kathryn Bowers have created an entirely new way of thinking about the crucial, vulnerable, and exhilarating phase of life between childhood and adulthood across the animal kingdom. In their critically acclaimed bestseller, Zoobiquity, the authors revealed the essential connection between human and animal health. In Wildhood, they turn the same...
13) Tracks
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Flowerpot Press, a division of Flowerpot Children's Press, Inc
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English
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"Little ones will love to see the close-up photography and try to guess which animal leaves tracks in the mud, in the sand, in the snow, on the beach, and in tree bark"--
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Kanopy Streaming
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English
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Would you care to match wits with a dog, an octopus, a dolphin, or a parrot? You may think twice after watching the segments in this NOVA scienceNOW episode. While we may not be ready to send pets to Harvard, the remarkable footage and findings presented here demonstrate that many animal species are much smarter than we assume and in ways we had never imagined.
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DK Publishing
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English
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"Be prepared with all the facts you need to identify these commonly confused animals! How do you tell the difference between a llama and an alpaca? What really makes a crocodile different to an alligator? Is that a leopard, a cheetah or a jaguar? What's the Difference? Animals covers over sixty different regularly confused animals and discusses the similarities and differences about each of them. Fact files, vibrant photographs and an answer to the...
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Scholastic
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Français
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Boris est un piranha qui rafole des fruits et adore les légumes! Mais il n'arrive pas à convaincre ses amis de goûter à ses aliments préférés. car ils sont carnivores et mangent des pieds et des genoux. Enfin, après de nombreuses tentatives, les autres piranhas se laissent tenter par les fruits de Boris. Mais. ils préfèrent tout de même les fesses rondelettes! Les jeunes de tous âges riront comme des fous en lisant cette délirante histoire...
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