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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: green sea turtle giant tortoise lemur Hawaiian birds Rothchilds myna monk seals American crocodile and more
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Writing team Dave Taylor Bobbie Kalman Janine Schaub David Schimpky
Editors Janine Schaub David Schimpky
Cover mechanicals Rose Campbell
Design and computer layout Antoinette "Cookie" DeBiasi
Photographs Jim Bryant: 10 (top), 18 (both) Diane Majumdar: 29
Separations and film EC Graphics Ltd.
Printer Worzalla Publishing
Published by Crabtree Publishing Company
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Taylor, Dave, 1948 Endangered island animals
(The endangered animals series) Includes index. ISBN 0-86505-532-7 (library bound) ISBN 0-86505-542-4 (pbk.) Imported predators, overhunting, and habitat destruction are some of the problems faced by endangered island wildlife.
1. Island fauna - Juvenile literature. 2. Endangered species Juvenile lieteature. 3. Wildlife conservation - Juvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series: Taylor, Dave, 1948 (The endangered animals series) QL111.T39 1993 j591.9'1 LC93-6147
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Contents
The world's islands
4
Animals in danger
7
Green sea turtles
8
Giant tortoises
11
Lemurs
12
Endangered Hawaiian birds
14
The Galapagos land iguana
19
Rothchild's myna
20
Monk seals
22
The mouflon
25
The American crocodile
26
Preserving island animals and habitats
29
Glossary
31
Index
32
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The World's Islands
Islands are pieces of land surrounded by water. they are found in the world's oceans, lakes, and rivers. there are islands that are small enough to cross in a few jumps and some that are so large that it takes more than a day to get from one side to another by car. The continent of Australia is an example of a very large island. Some islands are cold, bleak places; others are warm, comfortable homes to a variety of plants and animals.
Volcanic Islands
When a volcano is formed at sea, lava pours out onto the ocean floor. If enough lava builds up, it will eventually appear above the surface of the water as a volcanic island. The Hawaiian, Galapagos, and Seychells islands were all created in this way. Hawaii's biggest island is still enlarged each year by active volcanoes. Some islands, which were once huge volcanic islands, are slowly
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being worn away and are washing back into the sea. The small island of Laysan in Hawaii is one of these.
Continental Islands
Continental islands are large pieces of land that have broken away from continents. Madagascar, for example, was once part of Africa. Today it lies 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the east African coast.
Coral and Barrier Islands
Coral islands are pieces of land that are made up of coral, a material secreted by tiny sea animals. Barrier islands are formed when rivers carry sand and gravel to the edge of the sea. As these materials wash along the shoreline, long, thin islands are created.
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