These ecosystem lessons make a great supplement for any science curriculum.
Discover life in the tropical rain forest - from the exotic birds in the treetops to the millions of insects on the forest floor. Here is a spectacular and informative guide to some of the most extraordinary habitats on Earth. Superb color photographs offer a unique "eyewitness" view of the remarkable and colorful plants, animals and insects of the world's jungles. See the beautiful but poisonous passionflower, the rare golden lion tamarin, a Heckel chew stick from Nigeria, the red howler monkey howling at dawn and a kangaroo climbing a tree. Learn how paper wasps make their nest, how a siamang moves, how wax is taken from the wax palm, how geckos "fly" and how pitcher plants trap insects. Discover what red lemurs eat, how poison is taken from a poison dart frog, why bowerbirds build bowers, why canopy leaves have drip tips, where gorillas live and why chameleons change color, and much, much more!
Written by Theresa Greenaway. 64 pages. A hardcover book. Recommended for ages 15 and up.
Published by Dorling Kindersley.
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