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Nature in North America. Cover Image Book Book

Nature in North America

Reader's Digest Association (Canada) (Added Author).

Summary: Did you know: Sharks are constantly on the move, not in pursuit of prey but to keep themselves from sinking. Roadrunners are oversized cockoos that would rather run then fly. Sea slugs have built-in weapons system--special stinger that paralyze prey.Armadillos always give brith toidentical quadruplets. Skunk cabbage, when sprouting, generates enough heat to thaw the ground and melt surrounding snow. Sea bass are odd fish indeed. They begin life as one sex, then mature as the opposite. Sea otters tether themselves with seaweek to keep from drifting when they nap. Flashing fireflies are sending sexual signals. designed to attrack willing mates...

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  • ISBN: 0888501889 :
  • ISBN: 9780888501882 :
  • Physical Description: 456 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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  • Edition: 1st Canadian ed.
  • Publisher: Westmount, Quebec : Reader's Digest Association (Canada), 1992.

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General Note:
"Based on Nature in America"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.

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