Animals Defending Themselves (Animals at Work)

Animals Defending Themselves (Animals at Work)

• How do animals protect themselves from predators? How have they adapted to stay safe in their environments? Read this book to find out! Readers will travel around the world to meet camouflaging insects, speedy gazelles, and prickly porcupines. Students will learn about the many ways animals defend themselves, including camouflage, avoidance behavior, physical capabilities, shells, fighting back, group defense, venom, and more.
• Stunning photography introduces individual animals, and a handy glossary helps to expand readers' vocabulary.
• Animals at Work is an informative way to look at the lives of animals, particularly at a time when the hard work of survival is becoming even harder because of habitat destruction and climate change. If animals are to thrive alongside us, it’s important for students to see the parallels between animals’ lives and their own and to understand how tough it is for many animals to make their way in the world surrounded by humans.
• This World Book series teaches important concepts such as pollution, overfishing, and deforestation and how they affect animal life.