Minibeasts with Jess French
Bloomsbury Wildlife (Verlag)
978-1-4729-3955-5 (ISBN)
Then allow Jess French to lead you head first through the unbelievable world of invertebrates and explore their incredible adaptations, from dancing scorpions and blood-sucking moths to zombie spiders and slime-shooting worms.
Marvel at how minibeasts have evolved to survive in almost every describable habitat. Discover the fascinating ways they find food, mate, fight, hide and collaborate in even the most extreme conditions! And pore over more than 250 breathtakingly detailed photographs of astonishing invertebrates.
With her unparalled zeal for minibeasts, Jess will enlighten you on the most fascinating and intense aspects of the minibeast world, revealing everything from cloaks made of corpses to mid-flight kamikaze mating.
Dr Jess French is a passionate zoologist, naturalist and entomologist and presents CBeebies Minibeast Adventure with Jess. Jess grew up helping her dad with his exotic invertebrate-breeding business and became fascinated by minibeasts while caring for scorpions, tarantulas and a host of other creepy crawlies. Jess has degrees in zoology and veterinary medicine and surgery. @Zoologist_Jess / www.jessfrench.co.uk
Introducing minibeasts
Part One: Eat
Mouthparts
Finding food
Ingenious feeders
Farmers
Pollination
Bloodsuckers
Part Two: Prey
Attack
Chase me, chase me
Ambush
Venom
Super silk
Web of deceit
Traps
Defence
Projectiles
Camouflage
Marvellous mimics
Colour me toxic
Escape artists
Brute force
Part Three: Love
Courtship
Choosing a mate
Ensuring paternity
Anatomy
Love songs
Fancy footwork
Slugs and snails
Caring for the young
Birthday presents
Birthday cakes
Nests
Mum’s the word
Devoted dads
Cuckoos
Glossary
Author acknowledgements
Photo credits
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.06.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 250 colour photographs |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 189 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 410 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4729-3955-7 / 1472939557 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4729-3955-5 / 9781472939555 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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