What Happened to the Mammoths?

by MYERS, JACK

• ISBN13: 9781563978012
• ISBN10: 1563978016
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press

Summary

A collection of articles from Highlights for Children magazine that explores such aspects of animal behavior as the seal's ability to dive & the cat's purr.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Dolphins Catch a Wave: Sometimes they would rather surf than swim	p. 9
How Cats Purr: They use their vocal cords to do both: meow and purr	p. 14
Alligators Get Cavities, Too: in their eggshells	p. 19
A Surprising Thing About Alligators: Temperature has a big effect on their young	p. 22
Diving: How can the Weddell seal dive so deep?	p. 27
The Dinosaur That Came Home: After millions of years, Ava resurfaced in Montana	p. 33
The Lonely Giant Panda: Pandas are hooked on bamboo as their fast food	p. 37
Magnetic Bacteria: Some of the smallest swimmers have compasses	p. 42
The Magnetic Sense: How many creatures have built-in compasses?	p. 45
The Sharp Eyes of the Falcon: Scientists invented an eye test for a falcon	p. 49
Butterflies That Taste Bad: Does the viceroy taste bad, or is it just fooling?	p. 54
What Happened to the Mammoths?: Eleven thousand years ago, they disappeared	p. 57
Bibliography	p. 62
Index	p. 63
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