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Animal Parents (Hardcover)
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Animal Parents (Hardcover)
Series: Greenwood Guides to the Animal World
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We share the earth with a wide variety of animal species, each of
which brings something special to the diversity of the planet. By
knowing more about how animals behave and live, we gain a greater
understanding of how life evolved and the importance of
biodiversity. Animal Parents examines how these animals care for
their young to ensure their survival, care that is as varied as is
animal life on earth. The book provides a thorough guide on the
behavior of animal parenting, and helps students understand how
vertebrates raise and nurture their young. Perfect for classroom
papers, Animal Parents is highly illustrated with both color and
black and white illustrations of the animals. Animal Parents
examines a wide variety of behaviors: Some fish carry their eggs in
their mouths to protect them, while male seahorses incubate their
mate's eggs in a stomach pouch, and certain frogs make bubble nests
to keep their eggs moist. Some snakes shiver to raise their body
temperature a few degrees to incubate their eggs. Certain birds
bury their eggs in a mound of soil and vegetation, and check the
temperature with their beaks, while others shed feathers on their
bellies so they can warm their eggs Animal parents also must
provide food for their young, such has the frogs that lay eggs just
for their tadpoles to eat, or the pigeons that regurgitate a
secretion from their throats for their chicks. Mammals also exhibit
a wide ranges of behaviors, from species in which babies may be
hidden in a den or carried with their mothers, to those that simply
leave their offspring on an ice flow.
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