Las Animas - Bent County Library District

"Dogs do it. Millipedes do it. Dinosaurs did it. You do it. I do it. Octopuses don't (and nor do octopi). Spiders might do it: more research is needed. Birds don't do it, but they could if they wanted to. Herrings do it to communicate with each other. In 2017 zoologist Dani Rabaiotti's teenage brother asked her a most teenaged question: Do snakes fart? Stumped, Rabaiotti turned to Twitter. The internet did not disappoint. Her innocent question spawned...

"Simple text and photographs present animals in fall" -Provided by publishers. Includes bibliographical references and index.

This easy-to-read book explains how different animals use their tongues: snakes use them as feelers, chameleons use them to catch food, and cows use them like a hand.

A young kitten explores the woods on a cold winter day as other animals shelter from the weather or engage in their usual seasonal activities.

This book offers a photo exploration of unlikely animal friendships, which not only gives readers insight into animals but challenges preconceived notions about compatibility.

Animals fall in love, establish rules for fair play, exchange valued goods and services, hold "funerals" for fallen comrades, deploy sex as a weapon, and communicate with one another using rich vocabularies. Animals also get jealous and violent or greedy and callous and develop irrational phobias and prejudices, just like us. Monkeys address inequality, wolves miss each other, elephants grieve for their dead, and prairie dogs name the humans they...

Rhyming text explores how proper behavior for young animals is different from what is expected of young children.

Summary: From the best-selling author of Pig the Pug, Thelma the Unicorn and Pig the Fibber comes one of the funniest and cheekiest books you'll ever read! "Hey there guys. Would you like a banana? What's wrong with you, Brian? You're a Piranha." Brian is a piranha. He is also a vegetarian. But do you think he can convince his family to join him?

The sense of sight helps an animal stay safe from predators, find food and shelter, defend its territory and care for its young. We can tell a lot about an animal from its eyes: whether it is predator or prey, whether it is more active during the day ornight, and sometimes even its gender or age.

This book describes some of the ways such different creatures as terns, chipmunks, bears, toads, weasels, and praying mantises survive the winter.