Description
Book SynopsisDoes your child love to find out what makes top mammal predators experts at hunting? They will be staggered at the variety of techniques mammals use to bring down their prey!
Speedy cheetahs outpace their victims, polar bears can sniff out a seal from far away, killer whales team up in coordinated attacks and chimpanzees grab weapons. Different techniques and adaptations are examined in detail, showing how mammal predators are perfectly suited to their habitat and to the prey they pursue.
Each spread has dramatic photographs and looks in detail at one mammal predator and focuses on its primary weapon, such as claws, stamina or ambush. The prey animal shows us how it attempts to evade certain death, whether through camouflage, a speedy retreat or safety in numbers. Stat panels give readers a quick overview of how predator and prey stack up against each other.
Predators are awe-inspiring. Whether they are fast, strong, armed with claws or teeth, cunning, patient or venomous, they are all masters of the art of killing their prey. Young readers will love the Predator Vs Prey series with its amazing photographs and the details about super-senses or incredible adaptations. These books also highlight the variety of life on Earth and reinforces how animals are adapted to their habitats.
Suitable for readers aged 7+ who are either fascinated by wildlife or are studying natural history or animal adaptations or classification.
Titles in this series:
How Eagles and Other Birds Attack
How Lions and Other Mammals Attack
How Sharks and Other Fish Attack
How Snakes and Other Spiders Attack
How Spiders and Other Invertebrates Attack
Table of Contents
- 1: Mammal predators
- 1: Jaguar vs Caiman: Jaws
- 1: Cheetah vs Gazelle: Speed
- 1: Polar bear vs Seal: Smell
- 1: Lion vs Zebra: Stealth
- 1: Wolf vs Elk: Stamina
- 1: Margay vs Tamarin: Mimicry
- 1: Orca vs Sperm Whale: Teamwork
- 1: Tiger vs Gaur: Ambush
- 1: American short-tailed shrew vs Garter snake: Venom
- 1: Chimpanzee vs bushbaby: Weapons
- 1: Humpback whale vs herring: Confusion
- 1: Bat vs moth: Echolocation
- 1: Glossary
- 1: Further information
- 1: Index
