Platypuses : web-footed billed mammals (Comparing animal traits)
by Hirsch, Rebecca E. (Author)
Series
Summary
"This book covers information (life cycle, appearance, habitat) about the platypus. Each chapter discusses an aspect of the platypus's life, comparing the platypus to a similar mammal and to a very different mammal."-- Provided by publisher. Full description
Series: Comparing animal traits
African elephants: massive tusked mammals
Gray wolves: howling pack mammals
Grizzly bears: huge hibernating mammals
Humpback whales: musical migrating mammals
King cobras: hooded venomous reptiles
Mountain gorillas: powerful forest mammals
Platypuses: web-footed billed mammals
Siberian tigers: camouflaged hunting mammals
Vampire bats: nighttime flying mammals
American alligators: armored roaring reptiles
Bald eagles: prey-snatching birds
Boa constrictors: prey-crushing reptiles
California condors: wide-winged soaring birds
Emperor penguins: Antarctic diving birds
Galapagos tortoises: long-lived giant reptiles
Komodo dragons: deadly hunting reptiles
Leatherback sea turtles: ancient swimming reptiles
Ostriches: fast flightless birds
Panther chameleons: color-changing reptiles
Pileated woodpeckers: insect-hunting birds
Ruby-throated hummingbirds: tiny hovering birds
Snowy owls: stealthy hunting birds
Toco toucans: big-billed tropical birds
Tuataras: dinosaur-era reptiles