J. David Taylor - Endangered Desert Animals (The Endangered Animals Series)
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Ten endangered animals are highlighted in each book with clear, simple text matched by stunning, full-color photographs by wildlife photographer and author Dave Taylor. Each book helps guide the reader toward a greater understanding of the dangers these magnificent animals face as their habitats are continually degraded and destroyed. Animals include: Bactrian camel dromedary desert bighorn Gila monster addax Prezwalskis horse desert cats and more
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Writing team Dave Taylor Bobbie Kalman Janine Schaub Dave Schimpky
Editors Janine Schaub David Schimpky
Design and computer layout Antoinette ''Cookie" DeBiasi
Cover mechanicals Rose Campbell
Photograph page 12-13 by Peter Laurie
Separations and film EC Graphics Ltd.
Printer Worzalla Publishing
Published by Crabtree Publishing Company
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Copyright 1993 CRABTREE PUBLISHING COMPANY. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or be transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Crabtree Publishing Company.
Cataloguing in Publication Data Taylor, Dave, 1948 Endangered desert animals
(The endangered animals series) Includes index. ISBN 0-86505-534-3 (library bound) ISBN 0-86505-544-0 (pbk.) Wars and industrial development are some of the dangers faced by desert wildlife.
1. Desert fauna-Juvenile literature. 2. Endangered species Juvenile literature. 3. Wildlife conservation-Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series: Taylor, Dave, 1948 The endangered animals series.
QL116.T39 1993 j591.90954 LC93-6149
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Contents
The World's Deserts
5
What Makes Deserts Dry?
6
Desert Plants
8
How Desert Animals Cope
11
Animals in Danger
13
The Bactrian Camel
14
The Dromedary
17
The Gila Monster
18
The Scimitar-horned Oryx
20
The Addax
23
Prezwalski's Horse
25
Desert Bighorn Sheep
26
Desert Cats
29
Preserving Desert Habitats
30
Glossary
31
Index
32
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Not all deserts look alike. As you can see, some deserts support many plants.
Other deserts are barren and lifeless rock . The desert in the right picture is the sand-dune type desert we usually think of when we hear the word ''desert."
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The World's Deserts
The Desert Experience
It is July in Death Valley, and your feet feel as if they are being burned right through the soles of your shoes. Without any wind, the desert is absolutely silent. All the animals and insects are lying motionless in their hiding places, trying to escape the scorching heat.
Although you have already had ten glasses of water, you are still thirsty. It is so hot that you pour a little of your drinking water over your head and immediately start to shiver. The moisture on your skin is evaporating so quickly into the dry air that you feel cold. In about a minute, you are completely hot and dry again. You find it hard to believe that you will need a heavy jacket for warmth when the sun goes down. Can you imagine what it would be like to be an animal living in this desert year round?
Deserts Defined
Deserts can be found around the world. They cover about one-eighth of the planet's surface. Deserts are not always hot places. Any dry, or arid, region is called a desert when it receives less than 10 inches (25.4 centimeters) of precipitation a year.
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