Encyclopedia of Animals

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Until recently, it was widely believed that they were most closely related to other insectivores, such as armadillos and pangolins. Aardvarks are thought to be one of the world’s most prolific diggers, with their strong limbs and claws and shovel-like feet helping them to be able to shift two feet of soil in just 15 seconds! Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Explanations for their eerie grandeur abound, though no one can quite agree on their mysterious meaning.

If you have purchased a print title that contains an access token, please see the token for information about how to register your code. In some regions, though, they are hunted by people for food and are becoming increasingly affected by expanding human populations as more of their natural habitats disappear to make way for growing settlements. Anyone who is enduring a difficult time in their life has likely looked to higher powers for guidance and support.Aardvarks use their strong, sharp claws to try and injure their attacker, along with kicking the threatening animal with their powerful back legs. An extensive encyclopedic survey of the animals follows, with special attention given to endangered and vulnerable species. Christmas may have passed but the book's attractive production makes it suitable for a birthday, not just the reference or library shelf. Behavior– Learn all about animal intelligence, communication, community, language, migration, and more. Central American Animals– Discover the the nearly 400 different animals we track in Central America today.

Informative, diverse in subject matter, easy-to-read and brimming with beautiful graphics, young learners can explore the incredibly detailed cross-sections and cutaways that reveal the inner workings of the animal planet. Elegant graphics put a broad selection of information at readers' fingertips, including classification information, scientific and common names, distribution maps for all animal groups, conservation panels that focus on threatened species, accurate and detailed anatomical drawings, and illustrations of multiple species. Lions, leopards, hyenas, and large snakes (most notably pythons) are the main predators of aardvark, but this does vary depending on where the aardvark lives. Doubling up as the perfect gift for young readers, who are always asking questions about our planet! Similar to early mammals, they possess a proto-gizzard that helps to grind up their food as if they had teeth.They can be found in nearly every environment on the planet, and they currently account for over half of all known living organisms in the world. Written by an international team of specialists, spectacularly adorned with a gallery of more than 2,000 color illustrations, and supplemented with distribution maps, detailed and beautifully rendered diagrams, and some of the world's finest wildlife photographs, this volume will become the standard by which all others are measured. Once the dominant land vertebrates on the planet, reptiles still occupy just about every single ecosystem outside of the extreme north and south. Asian Animals– Asia has the world’s longest coastline, and an amazing diversity of exotic animals, birds, and more.