| Other title: |
Amazing animal migrations |
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New York : Kingfisher : Distributed in the U.S. by Macmillan, 2011. |
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| ISBN: |
9780753467268 (paper over cardboard) : 0753467267 |
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| Call number: |
j591.568 HOL |
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| Physical description: |
126 p. (some folded) : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm. |
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| Subject: |
Animal migration -- Juvenile literature.
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"Includes poster-size fold-out pages"--Cover. Includes index. |
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| Summary note: |
Follow the amazing migration stories of creatures as diverse as the African wildebeest, the plains zebra, the American monarch butterfly, the Mexican free-tailed bat and the Pacific bluefin tunas as they travel from one habitat to another to find food, avoid predators and extreme temperatures, or to breed. |
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| Contents note: |
The migration story -- Preparation and travel -- Finding the way -- Land -- Journeys by land -- African elephant -- Zebras -- Wildebeests -- Caribou -- Polar bears -- Emperor penguins -- Forest primates -- Mountain dwellers -- Scuttlers and sliders -- Air -- Journeys by air -- Flyways -- Seabirds -- Shorebirds -- Arctic terns -- Swallows -- Flamingos -- European white storks -- Cranes -- Songbirds -- Watefowl -- Butterflies -- Bats -- Locusts -- Water -- Journeys by water -- Blue whales -- Gray whales -- Humpback whales -- Great white sharks -- Whale sharks -- Northern bluefin tuna -- Bottlenoses and relatives -- Salmon -- European eels -- Walrus -- Elephant seals -- Sea turtles -- Krill. |
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