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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.
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