Extreme Rainforest

by Sarah Hines Stephens and Nam Nguyen

Book Overview

Rainforests cover only 6 percent of the Earth's surface, yet they support more than half of the world's plant and animal species. In this wet and often unstable environment, how do animals like the Jaguar, Giant Centipede, Common Vampire Bat, and the Harpy Eagle adapt for survival? With some tricks that sound like they'd be at home in the latest sci-fi-toxic skin, poison-injecting fangs, sonic muscles, and hidden wings are just a few of the astounding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753466651
• ISBN13: 9780753466650
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Length: 47 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 11.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6