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ID:
001155
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Publication |
Essex, Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd, 2000.
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Description |
64pWhite Spine
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Series |
Fantastic World of
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Summary/Abstract |
The book reveals animals whose natural habitats are rivers, streams, lakes and oceans in all their variety of size, behaviour and habitat.
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Contents |
World of waterlife
Gills, lungs and fins - lungfish
Strange survivors from prehistory - bowfins and gars
Fish of the stagnant swamps - bony-tongue fish
Amazing air-breathers - labyrinth fish
The biggest family of fish - carp and their cousins
Silvery spotted leapers - salmon and trout
Hard-shelled slow movers - freshwater turtles
The widest, toothiest grin - crocodiles and alligators
Shy, secretive and sightless - river (freshwater) dolphins
Wings underwater - rays and skates
The most feared fish in the sea - Sharks
Snakes of the sea - eels
Flying fins and needle noses - flying fish and garfish
In the warm midwater gloom - spiny-finned fish
A tough life at the seaside - shore and rock pool fish
Dangerous or just curious? - barracudas and mullets
Fish with big appetites - tunas and mackerels
Swords, sails and speed - swordfish and other billfish
Fish in their millions - herrings and sardines
Hard-shelled swimmers - estuarine and marine turtles
Peaceful plant-eaters of the sea - mantees and dugongs
Flipper-footed fish-eaters - Sea-lions and seals
Grey shapes among the waves - porpoises
Big smiles and clever tricks - dolphins
Master hunters of the ocean - killer and pilot whales
Noisy whales of northern seas - white whales
Giant hunters of the depth - sperm whales
The bottom of the sea - deep-sea fish
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Standard Number |
1902947282 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
000346 | 577.6/PAR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
010262
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Publication |
England, Copper Beech Books, 1999.
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Description |
32pWhite Spine
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Series |
Discovering Nature
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Summary/Abstract |
Introduces the underwater parts of our world, with simple experiments which teach about life in and around the water's edge.
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Contents |
Introduction
Flowing water
Dams
Speedy rivers
Pond dipping
Water bugs
Breathing underwater
Make a pond
Waterbirds
The tide
Seaweed
Rock pools
Shellfish
Glossary
Index
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Standard Number |
0761309241 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
010645 | 577.6/HEW | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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ID:
008125
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Great Britain, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 1993.
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Description |
29pWhite Spine
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Look closer
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Summary/Abstract |
Discusses the plants and animals that live in swamps. Includes caiman, snapping turtles, and water lettuce.
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Contents |
Life in a swamp
Undercover crabs
Fearsome faces
A fish out of water
Make it snappy
Handsome hunter
Scarlet stripes
Floating logs
Plant paradise
Artful archer
Vanishing trick
Spiky spiders
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Standard Number |
1564582116 Hb.
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Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
008500 | 577.6/GRE | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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