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Did You Know That X[ale Lions Don't Hunt?
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Why Do Elephants Live in Herds?
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why Don't Go uas Hunt Animals?
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Did You Know That Pandas Are Very Tiny at Birth? ......................
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Is a Skunk's Terrible Smeli ReaLly Strong llnough Lo Protect It? .......
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How Do Porcupines Protect Themselves?
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How Does an Eagle Catch Its Food?
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Wly Does a Leopaxd Take lts Food up a Tree? .........
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How Does a Bear Catch a Salmon? - . . . . . . . . . .
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Do Killer Whales Really Attack Larger $hales? .. ................
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How Car Owls Catch Animals in the Dark? .................
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How Can Bats Catch Insects Even on the Darkest Night? ... . ..............
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How Does a Kingfisher Catch Its Food?
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How Do Polar Bears Live in a Land of Ice and Snortr?
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Why Do Rhinoceroses Have Horns? .. ......
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Why Do Rattlesnakes Make a Rattling Sound?.
' How Does a Scorpion Stingl
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Animal?
Can A1l Animals Swim? ..............
How Can Cheetahs Run So Fast?
Why Do Tlgers Have St pes?
\{hich Is the Fastest
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Rhinoceros: 28 miles
(45 km) per hour
t-
Child: Seven
miles (12 km)
per hour
(.\
Bat:
(24
15 miles
kn)
per hour
Cat: 29 milbE
(47 kn) per hour
Dlephant: 24 miles
(39 km) pr hour
Tortoiser'I!io miles
(3 km) per hour
Sprinter: 25 miles
(40 km) per hour
Pig: 10 miles
(16 km) per hour
Panda: 25 miles
(40 km) per hour
t'
For: 45 miles
(72 km) per hour
Pronghom:60
miles (97 km)
Per hour
Lion:40
miles (64 km)
pr hour
Cheetah: 70 miles
(113 km) per hour
'W'olf: 45 miles
(72 km) per hour
Hor6e: 48 miles
(77 km) per hour
.
The cheetah
To the Parent
aninal.
run at
and
Giiaffe: 85 miles
(56.km).per'hour
Hare: 45 miles
' (72 km) per hour
tle
flrl
Speeds
re..r.l.d hv valions
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otter
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Sloth
Dog
beings
mrsi
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Run So Fast?
baa
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The chectah's claws
,t -\--
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lile
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lVildcats and.jaguars
lii.e in thick brush and
grass. This bnckgrouncl
crestes a contl ast of
ligtt antl sharlou s.
jaguals
har.e ciarli markings on a
lighter backglound
ill.rich cnahles them to
blend in smoothly u.ith
their surrorurclings,
making it difficult for
theii prey to see then1.
Thel can then get close
\lilclcats
ancl
JasuaN
forests,
lreiD,t
on small animals.
iLinsle resions.
To the Parent
tlreil sufuourdin{s to
beins det.led
keep
bt rheil
inn)
Ircn
enemi.rs.
li ls oI hile
Ll summr deer hale s'hite spols.
ln winter these spots disappear.
The
rild
use, however,
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It
\\rhen the fe.rale lionl brina Lacli sometiins
t. eat, the nrale li.r,rhlals cats flrst.
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Do Elephants
Live in Herds?
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Daughter
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African elephants.
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io lind
\'.tl.r ard
['hen
TIe }erd toliows the leider. looliins 1or food water a.d places to rest. Ther al$als hlktrr the rame !ath.
To the Parnt
A. elephet
'1" .arbla
h 5."oloe'i"4;.
Sne uses ho lea.s of erAerielce to dsue ihe safet,
of tnc ied as a Nhole. Eor *an!le, Lhe leader knoas
the le.dilg gloud1 nalerine holes ed waXs io combat
enemies, lt i,q rotenorth! thai elihough elephdts lave
a tifespa .f abont 60 Fars, strch rn ase is not usual
Ure
onc
naiirs
season are
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l'a!r.
Raspber es
To thc Parent
Bamboo shoots
ffirffi
Thistles
!1T
,.ug
Catch\Yeed
go ofl independen
J to lirm tlclr om
bands.
a -{ nrcurcr
("*l)
lrmda !la}s
ritl
l.
seen.
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9i
'I'he
nerh
born !md.r is
colered riith
t8
i.li rhiie
fur.
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rally climb norl
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Look at my ball.
It
tle
have.
same colors
has
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P--
s
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inches
ffi l,
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-{ spoiled skunk siands on its
ftont lcei io lranr off an eneny.
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Scent gland
smells
t"
-\.
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r"il #,
The scent glards are used io make
the liquid thai smells so had.
\l
\losi
to recosnize a skunk
and will run awali at
the sight of one eren
rvhen
iht'r starling.
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Ground beetle
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S.lr'allowtail caterpillar
Stinkbug
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Hedgehog
Spint anteater
1."
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war dosn
Th! spinl anteaid ard redsehog als. hare quiils, but their luills aie
someir,Ijt shorter. Lnlike urc porculine, thcse alimals do n.'t us their
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not
1' as a
form of derinie.
, *, ,i a sort .r
blt
shock absorber
to cushion thc anldal againsr an-t
injnry
il it lalls out ol a
tree.
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Does an Eagle
Catch Its Food?
for prey on
the ground
below. If an
eagle sees the
motion of a small
bird or animal it
dives quickly to
try to capture
the victim with
its sharp claws.
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hut- asles
in a spi.al parrern
anjmals. On ure
ascend
.f
hold
it firniy.
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A leopard in
2h
a tree
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eggs,
salmon swim upriver to
6*i As
bears stand on rocks near the river
1ay
,t1'llitj;r]
,l
st
r.ck ne
a riler bark l.lnd (,aits l,rr a
sal.r!r. to slriin rlose s. he
.3n .:r.h ir rnl his.liNs
lrear
ds
or
This brar has waded into thc riler to caich salnun with its shary
cmine teth. Its ieeth m:rl be an incl i2.; cm) or more in length.
.
Th. brosa bear is
To the Parent
one oI
Ilvs. Bears Lhal live rvhere srlno. ale plcrtilul gro$ larger
thm ilose livine aqay r'rcm riv..s. ln additin to salnon and
tr.ut, blown bears also eat young d.er, small mmnrak, nrse$s,
and llmi rools or iruit. They nay also attrck fan annnals.
,iri
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a1.*]t
v The kiiler rl'hale is lelated to the
porpoise as
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iiiilriiiiriill
tl
m).
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t,i;i rirriiii
iiii
ltIt
IlliilllllI
[ilier
wluies.
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Can owls
Catch Animals in the Dark?
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ihe.\rl .rn
srill
f.ll.r!
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Bats l.hat send oui ulrraso 'wales from iheir nose us a
nauol' heam that s$'ecps back and {orth like a searchlight.
Ultrasonic waves
from the nose
Ultrasonic waves
Bats that send ultrasonic waves ftom their mouth give off
lulses that spread oui o!r a $-ide aiea in froni oI them.
To the Parent
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Does a Kingfisher
Catch Its Food?
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the warer.
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.
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nlnl2ir.
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watr
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can
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it
attrcks
in tlet
breathing
tek.
ffi
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Rhinoceroses do.'l hale shnrp eles. lhel re
nearsighred, \Iich nEans ihel'can'l see far.
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liln
To the Parent
u. I er I.m.
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6**D
Skin remaining
after molting
Skin from the
scond molting
il..L
.,"-,'iae
''riF
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sli'l
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hatched
so
it
it hasn't molted
has no rattle-r at
tine it
has molted.
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,lll
Eluo*
tn
to shoot poison
try to llck
one
tole
n!.
r"s. rlF
hh.r . . ,-nor 5-....',.ri.,q i t"\
''. rpor"r""b.L ,, .-1o'r'''i g.'. ra o
ti!.
To th Parenr
Why Do Hippopotamuses
Alwa.ys Stay in the Water?
has skin that's
rhinner than other ani'"nals skin.
This means moisture is lost very
easily. If a hippopotamus didn't
keep itself wet, its body would
dry out, and then it would die.
The hippopotamus stays under the
water's surface all day to stay
wet. Its eyes, nose and ears are
near the top of its head so it can
stay aimost completely underwater.
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r(iili :
lD the moming
it
ii fe.ds on
.
Hip!o!otamuses like
t.
s?ass and
otier llanrs.
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lir"
tl L!
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r,
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P,rcrt
may have
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,s
th.
h
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.a On the attack.
Spotted hyenas rormaUr hunt aL nighi, but ihis phonrsrarh shows a mre davlisht hunt.
Striped hyena. Ir
roams
nr
in rcarch of food.
To the Parent
drsl
bones, and
rill
r
I
.--.- p.orrl
6nswrq\
/\
ill
rl
hil,i.ing a twig
I
,ti
rrish this
Leaf buds
12
Leaves
Bark
p
Do in Winter?
What Do
Some animals hibemate
ilhile others continue to
II
I
Fox
Raccoon.lt sonetimes
fli(-" s,Iere the
(inters are lerr sercic.
in a
To the Parent
I
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bur L,alL
Elwnut
s nndi
>r:i
th.
gr
Roots
Lrd.
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Boars
lale lrliie
markin,rs
urtil ller're
nbont si\
nu.tls.ld.
To the Parenl
Tle Ltrtilase
lerr nrch.
e There No Feathers
Vulture's Head?
Vultures feed on the flesh
of dead animals, called
carrion. This meat often
rots and has germs. If
the vulture's head had
feathers they would get
covered with germs when
it ate. Since it is bald
the head stays clean.
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b^:
lf
The ra)s
head and
.f
lr.r!lr
To the Parent
.l]Ie h(L !llerLher-. of
is
g!ftrgclrlrllrernieir
Its
jr(Lr.n.r, h0\rer.
ri. pr.r 01liori.
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r!n
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hishr in the
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Flying lemur
ie;,
'
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Been be@use
Flying frog
gljde 60
Flying lizard
r'.u
seen an.v of
r\swrq Moles
..
4..
(10
I'h.tl
w.,uld halpen
iI a mole {as
carLsht
iil
Thtir
ILLI
is
lert
The tail is
,aood
-"arthn'.rm ]i squeezes
ihe dili in Uic bod"v
of the earthsorm
do,n
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Vocal cords
To the
To the
lungs
62
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ses
The\ ,1ll ,rhrn tlrc] feel hu.gr\.
To the Parent
if thet
see an enem}
r. Snake's
head.
Y.u.in
see
tle
see
an)
ears?
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It
.5r.
doesn'i
''
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Lizard.
Ther"e are
Porpoise.
tl..ugh its
Bird. Ir
.-\
Frog. The ears
ar Lelo{, and
01 a
t. iht
-t -;
l', 'g
snle
seethef gs
h5s ears
ear.lrums.
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lileir extemrl
ear
li
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King cobra. lt
livcs
Dr
A snake's fangs
Water moccasin
Fangs
ThcI hare.re,]il,l.e
l,,
r srdLel,irfs.
coral snake
nerle
To the Parent
I<ing cobms
rnakes
ulual\
Spitting cobra
Rattlesnake
ffi#
tlc
cobm
'!r1i-
'llre
strili.s. I1 ldcs tn
n,
sh$!lI !!irlrLl
.,*
tle fol)re s
h.d \ itll,,
,'
l
lnrhnfe t.
sirre lr s flrt ,,,].',
,
the
l,
..Lrx s !e.nm,
o To the Pa.ent
The monsoose lives on a diet ol
rith.ui
ElOo
(rNst,r1)
70
pople.
The dusky piranha. Iis raar sharp teettr and powerfnlja{'s are tlre pjrantra's fearsoine nealons.
(
Piranhas eat meat. 1l iheJ see a l'ish ihat s w.alt
\\lre. tle
il
has a
If
nrores in a nranse
aiinal lells
(ar pirnhas
l.t
a rire. or
ahack righl awal
lut
To ihe Parent
keep
like
li.anhs as decolaiile
&)
fish.
haDd
Elno*
Their Young?
,'. ..
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eucallltus lear.es
she has half e:rten.
.r.{
hlo
monLhs.
1\'11en
i.
r1;;-i
l.cr ",rf
!
\Yhen
the
To the Parent
i.unA in
ElWn,
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To the Parnt
EI What Is a Gavial?
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S*allowing a fish.
Thc
saial
i.
irs s.oui
So
o
o
o
r lis| conrrs closc llr grrirl s$ilgs ils ri,in Jnout si(le(ers io .it.h lt l lrr
grlial l.llinrs i{.rll!n,s rhe l'ish headli.n s! re 1:rs liill rlt .at.h i. jrs thr.ar.
1\:hc!
sihilar nr nreezers.
in
,{ gavial hatching. lt
.f
jts egg to
t(r
our.
o To the Parent
l$o
Indian rhinoceroB
This lndjan rhinoceros is takins
a larh. These animals lore the
waier and will {allow nl a s!'amp
lbr houF with .in[ ttre horn and
ears showins al,ove the snlface.
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'.
tlat
are like
lelr
shar!
gi rni ol ihe
I just can't
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tkr
j".
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A cheetah's
w
A lion's
A tiger's
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laabbit
E2
Itlirdi
Kangatoo
rl.
"iAhri
the Leltl
Elephant
ciraffe
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Leopard
Tiger
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I{angaroo
Elephant
Tiger
Penguin
Godlla
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"Ldo"
heak is too big and ro. long. The Ln. sh.uld noi
have horN. TIe sorllla slr.uldf i ha!. a tail The
Rhinoceros
8r_
TIME
Librarr of
ffiu
p. cm.
Editarial Directot:
Promation Dircctar:
Editarial AansLhdnts:
III
Neil Kagan
Kathleen Tresnak
Jacqueline A. Ball
r AnimalFMiscellane.Juvenileiiteraiure. [r ADimalF
Tokyo, Japan
Editar:
Edit.riol Assistants:
C. E. Berry
Edwin Causa
i989
Books
591 nc20
89-454r
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Sumary: questions ad
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