02045cam a2200409 4500 339266248 TxAuBib 20120302120000.0 070611s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007023741 9781590785560 reinforced 1590785568 reinforced (OCoLC)144547932 TxAuBib Myers, Jack. The Puzzle of the Platypus : And Other Explorations of Science in Action / Jack Myers ; illustrated by John Rice. 1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2008. 64 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm. Scientists probe 11 animal mysteries Accelerated Reader Word Count - 8706. Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index. Finding polar-bear dens -- Dolphins in their noisy world -- The puzzle of the platypus -- Lee Boyd and the wild horses -- Elephant grandmothers -- A toolmaking crow -- Parrots that eat dirt -- Honey guides -- When a bowerbird seeks a mate -- Why do cliff swallows live together? -- How rattlesnakes make a living. Scientists travel the world to solve eleven of nature's most intriguing puzzles. The stories are true cases of science in action--the challenging and often creative process of revealing nature's secrets. Middle grades (4-8.) Accelerated Reader AR Middle grades (4-8) 6.4 1.0 121313. 20120302. A Junior Library Guild selection. Animals Miscellanea Juvenile literature. Animals Miscellanea. Zoology Research Juvenile literature. Zoology Research. Rice, John, ill. Scientists probe 11 animal mysteries. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007023741.html Table of contents only ALEML