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Explores how animals of various shapes and sizes survive in their natural ecosystems, from warning predators to charging and hiding.

This book contains tactics, tricks, and strategies for avoiding, outmaneuvering, and if necessary, overcoming two dozen of the deadliest animals on the planet.

Uses a question-and-answer format to present information about some of the way various animals protect themselves.

Stenches, slime, excrement, and vomit are all gross-and very effective-animal defenses. A dog that has been sprayed by a skunk will rarely want to approach the furry animal again. The seabird called the fulmar spews a stinky vomit powerful enough to cause a bird to drown! These are just two of the creatures in the spotlight of this entertaining volume. Readers will learn just how powerful defensive adaptations can be against even the deadliest predators....

Explores how the outside coverings of animals protect them from enemies, the elements, germs, and drying out.

Many animal species have developed a deadly adaptation to thwart their predators: poison.

Mousekin decides to try some defense techniques to avoid becoming a victim of the bigger forest animals.

Beginning readers will gain insight on where crabs live, what they like to eat, and how their armor protects them! This series is at a Level 1 and is written specifically for beginning readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

This book describes the poisonous defenses of spiders, wasps, scorpions, ants, and bees.

Beginning readers will gain insight on where tortoises live, what they like to eat, and how their "armor" protects them! This series is at a Level 1 and is written specifically for beginning readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards.