Pee-yew
Author | : Mike Artell |
Publisher | : Good Year Books |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2006-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 1596470542 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781596470545 |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Hold your nose as you learn about stinkbugs, skunk cabbage, turkey vultures, cockroaches, corpse plants, skunks and many more animals, insects and plants that just plain stink. You'll be amazed to learn why even the worst smells are important to life on earth. Chock full of smelly facts about stinky creatures and plants! Learn about your own sense of smell. A national Sense of Smell Day? Read all about it. Find out how the turkey vulture chases away predators-it's disgusting! Can you guess how many smell receptors a rabbit has? How far can a skunk squirt its spray? You'll be surprised. Imagine this: Darkling beetles do a walking headstand as they release a foul smell. Find out why bats pollinate the fruit of the durian tree. Full-color throughout, Pee-Yew! is illustrated with art, cartoons and photographs.