Evelyn Wood
A frog's life
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This book is about frogs, and their toad cousins, and their fascinating amphibian lives. Frogs live all over the world, even managing to withstand freezing their own bodies. Cold-blooded, but astonishingly similar to animals biologically, they perhaps offer a glimpse of a common ancestor.From an egg protected and nourished by frogspawn through its development first as the vegetarian fish like tadpole to becoming the carnivorous frog A frog's life is a journey of discovery into the lives and habits of one of nature's most treasured and diverse creatures. Worshiped as a goddess by the Egyptians and for many cultures a symbol of good luck, but f…
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This book is about frogs, and their toad cousins, and their fascinating amphibian lives. Frogs live all over the world, even managing to withstand freezing their own bodies. Cold-blooded, but astonishingly similar to animals biologically, they perhaps offer a glimpse of a common ancestor.From an egg protected and nourished by frogspawn through its development first as the vegetarian fish like tadpole to becoming the carnivorous frog A frog's life is a journey of discovery into the lives and habits of one of nature's most treasured and diverse creatures. Worshiped as a goddess by the Egyptians and for many cultures a symbol of good luck, but for others, a tasty treat.A staple of French cuisine, an invaluable aid to scientists, biologists, Amazonian hunters and an early warning system of ecological problems. A frog's life explores the contribution of these amphibians with Evelyn Wood's usual mix of fact and fun, anatomical diagrams, cartoons a quiz and colouring pages.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Wood, Evelyn (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-0-9934145-6-5
- EAN: 9780993414565
- Produktnummer: 28519566
- Verlag: Lightning Source Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 38 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B21.6 cm x D0.2 cm 132 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 3
- Gewicht: 132
- Sonstiges: Ab 6 - 12 J.
Über den Autor
Evelyn Wood was born in Ruislip, then a village but now a suburb of London, England. He dropped out of art school and spent some years working in agriculture before settling down to a career in business. He has authored numerous articles on a wide range of subjects but now concentrates on writing for children.
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