Did You Know? Animals

146 Pages·2016·43.12 MB·English

by  Derek Harvey

Did You
Know?
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Animals
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Did You
Know?
Derek Harvey
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Contents
Mammals
Author Derek Harvey
DK LONDON
Project editor Sam Priddy
8–9 Why do wolves live in packs?
Designer Lucy Sims
Editors Katy Lennon, Olivia Stanford 10–11 Why do tigers have stripes?
US editor Margaret Parrish
Additional design Emma Hobson 12–13 How do bats find food in the dark?
Managing editor Laura Gilbert
14–15 What is a tusk?
Managing art editor Diane Peyton Jones
Pre-production producer Nikoleta Parasaki 16–17 Do giraffes get dizzy when they
Producer Srijana Gurung
Art director Martin Wilson bend over?
Publisher Sarah Larter
Publishing director Sophie Mitchell 18–19 Do mammals lay eggs?
20–21 Why do elephants have big ears?
DK DELHI
Project editor Suneha Dutta 22–23 What’s in a camel’s hump?
Editor Ishani Nandi
Assistant art editor Kartik Gera 24–25 Can porcupines shoot their spines?
Art editor Nehal Verma
26–27 How do monkeys swing through the trees?
Senior editor Shatarupa Chaudhuri
Senior art editor Nishesh Batnagar 28–29 Why do lions have sharp teeth?
Managing editor Alka Thakur Hazarika
Managing art editor Romi Chakraborty 30–31 Why do meerkats stand on their
DTP designers Bimlesh Tiwary, Syed Md Farhan
back legs?
CTS manager Balwant Singh
Production manager Pankaj Sharma 32–33 Are moles blind?
Senior picture researcher Sumedha Chopra
34–35 Can dogs see color?
First American Edition, 2016
Published in the United States by DK Publishing 36–37 Do bears eat honey?
345 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014
38–39 Why don’t polar bears eat penguins?
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owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. 44–45 Why are flamingos pink?
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ISBN: 978-1-4654-4759-3 48–49 Why can’t ostriches fly?
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Printed and bound in China 56–57 Which bird builds the best nest?
A WORLD OF IDEAS: 58–59 Why don’t penguins freeze in the snow?
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60–61 What eats eagles?
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62–63 Why don’t woodpeckers get
a headache?
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Underwater Reptiles and amphibians
66–67 Why do jellyfish glow? 114–115 How do geckos walk upside down?
68–69 Do fish sleep? 116–117 How do chameleons change color?
70–71 How do pufferfish puff up? 118–119 Why do snakes stick their tongue out?
72–73 Can flying fish really fly? 120–121 What is an axolotl?
74–75 How do sharks find prey? 122–123 Are dragons real?
76–77 Is coral alive? 124–125 Why are poison dart frogs so
78–79 Why do dolphins have blowholes? colorful?
80–81 What animals live in the deep sea? 126–127 How long does a tortoise live?
82–83 Why don’t clownfish get stung 128–129 Do reptiles have cold blood?
by sea anemones? 130–131 Why are frogs slimy?
84–85 Why do crabs walk sideways? 132–133 Do crocodiles really cry?
86–87 Are piranhas bloodthirsty?
88–89 How many whales are there
in the ocean?
134–135 Answers
136–137 Quiz your friends!
Creepy-crawlies 138–139 Glossary
140–143 Index
144 Credits and acknowledgments
92–93 Why don’t pond-skaters sink?
94–95 Why do honeybees dance?
96–97 Why do dung beetles collect poop?
98–99 Why are ants so busy?
100–101 Why do lice live in our hair?
102–103 How does a spider make a web?
Discover which colors
104–105 What’s inside a snail’s shell?
I can see on pages
106–107 How do mosquitoes find their prey?
34–35.
108–109 What is the world’s biggest
creepy-crawly?
110–111 How do grasshoppers sing?
Find out how I walk up walls on
pages 114–115.
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Mammals
Mammals are warm-blooded animals that are
usually covered in fur. All mammal moms
produce milk to feed their babies.
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8 mammals
Nose
Wolves can
pick up a prey’s
scent trail from
up to 1.5 miles
(2.4 km) away.
Pack leader
A dominant (alpha)
male guides the
pack and takes
control of hunts.
Why do wolves
?
live in packs? Quick quiz
1. How many wolves are
in a wolf pack?
A wolf is a skillful predator. It has
2. What happens when
sharp teeth, a strong bite, and is
two packs meet?
incredibly cunning. But it has another
3. Why do wolves howl
deadly weapon: teamwork. Wolves
at the sky?
work together in packs to hunt
See pages 134–135 for the answers
down large prey.
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