Izzi Howell
Animal Engineers
Published in Canada Crabtree Publishing
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Title: Animal engineers / Izzi Howell.
Names: Howell, Izzi, author.
Description: Series statement: Astonishing animals | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200155121 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200155123X | ISBN 9780778769309 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780778769361 (softcover) | ISBN 9781427124364 (HTML)
Subjects: LCSH: AnimalsHabitationsJuvenile literature. | LCSH: Animal behaviorJuvenile
literature. | LCSH: Adaptation (Biology)Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QL756 .H69 2020 | DDC j591.56/4dc23
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Howell, Izzi, author.
Title: Animal engineers / Izzi Howell.
Description: New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2020. | Series: Astonishing animals | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019053193 (print) | LCCN 2019053194 (ebook) | ISBN 9780778769309 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780778769361 (paperback) | ISBN 9781427124364 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Animals--Habitations--Juvenile literature. | Animal behavior--Juvenile literature. | Adaptation (Biology)--Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC QL756 .H87 2020 (print) | LCC QL756 (ebook) | DDC 591.56/4--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019053193
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019053194
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Table of contents
Animal engineers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Baya weaver birds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chimpanzees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Harvest mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wasps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cathedral termites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Spiders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bowerbirds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
North American beavers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
African bush elephants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Black-tailed prairie dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Oysters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Coral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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