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Octopuses

Octopuses( 1 customer ratings | )
Author: Hirschi, Ron
Series title:Nature Watch Ser.
ISBN:978-1-57505-386-8
Publication Date:Jan 2000
Publisher:Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint:Carolrhoda Books
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $18.95USD $27.93
Book Description:

What would you do if you had eight arms? Octopuses use theirs for many things.They swim, eat, catch prey, and even taste with them.To escape from predators, they also have many strange and interesting options.To confuse others, they spray ink into the water behind them to cloud the water, change colors, adapt their shape to hide and fit into small places, and even change the texture of their skin!Informative text and incredible full-color photographs bring these many-armed creatures to...
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Book Details
Pages:48
Detailed Subjects: Nature / Animals / Marine Life
Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Marine Life
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.625 x 9 x 0.42 Inches
Book Weight:0.68 Pounds
Author Biography
Hirschi, Ron (Author)
Ron Hirschi started writing children's books when he tried to find nature books to enhance his daughter's curiosity about the world around her and only found a few that combined real life images and accurate science. He writes books that bring young readers portraits of the beauty of nature as well as information about the ecology and natural habitat of wild creatures he studies and tries to protect. His books include When Morning Comes, When Night Comes, Our Three Bears, Ocean Seasons, Whalemail, and Swimming with Humuhumu. He works as a Fisheries Biologist for Pacific Northwest Indian Tribes and has written many technical reports on fish and wildlife.

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