Animals Alive
Publisher: DK Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9780756682125
Subjects: Animals; Juvenile literature
Description: Past, present, and future...Animals Alive is an exciting exploration of animal life through the ages. Earth was once home to some very strange species, from a giant sloth the size of an African elephant, to the woolly mammoth and saber-toothed tiger. A host of amazing animals are illustrated and introduced. But why are they not alive today? The concept of extinction is explained, with a look at the death of the dinosaurs and the other major extinction events. We meet some of the "fossil species" that have outlived the dinosaurs and look at why they are so successful, as well as some of the ani.
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Table of contents: label: 3
title: Contents; label: 4
title: Animals alive!; label: 6
title: How animals evolved; label: 8
title: The variety of life; label: 10
title: Unexpected consequences; label: 12
title: Going, going, gone!; label: 14
title: What are the threats; label: 16
title: How threatened is it; label: 18
title: Mammals?; label: 20
title: Jaguar; label: 24
title: Sumatran orangutan; label: 26
title: Sea otter; label: 28
title: Ethiopian wolf; label: 30
title: Manatee?; label: 32
title: Tasmanian devil?; label: 34
title: Polar bear; label: 36
title: Black rhinoceros; label: 38
title: Birds; label: 40
title: Southern rockhopper; label: 42
title: Whooping crane; label: 46
title: Reptiles; label: 48
title: Leatherback turtle; label: 50
title: Komodo dragon; label: 52
title: Amphibians; label: 54
title: Golden toad; label: 56
title: Fish; label: 58
title: Southern bluefin tuna; label: 60
title: Invertebrates; label: 62
title: Coral reef; label: 64
title: Monarch butterfly; label: 66
title: Saving species; label: 68
title: Tracking tigers?; label: 70
title: Keeping animals alive; label: 72
title: Backyard naturalist; label: 74
title: Setting up a reserve; label: 76
title: New species; label: 78
title: Glossary; label: 79
title: Index; label: 80
title: Acknowledgments