Animal Planet by Michael Chinery

Animal Planet by Michael Chinery

A stunningly illustrated natural history book that investigates the special characteristics that allows animals to live and survive in the wild. Find out how animals' specialised anatomy works and how they use their multitude of senses to hunt prey and hide from predators. Discover the amazing characteristics of certain animals, such as a snake's armour-like scales, and which animals are in danger of becoming rare or extinct. With fascinating facts, such as how an elephant's heart is five times bigger than a human's, together with beautiful photography and illustrations, this stunning book will absorb and fascinate all inquisitive young minds.

Michael Chinery, consulting editor, studied botany, zoology, geology and anthropology at Cambridge University, England. He has worked as an editor on a science magazine for young people, and on a British television wildlife magazine. As a freelance editor and writer he has contributed articles to natural history magazines.

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ISBN 13	9781842158500
ISBN 10	1842158503
Titel	Animal Planet
Autor	Michael Chinery
Serie	Illustrated Wildlife Encyclopedia
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Anness Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-11-28
Seitenanzahl	256
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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