This chicken is a t-rex! : the great big book of animal evolution
Banfi, Cristina Maria, 1966-2017
Book
Did you know that today's humble chicken is related to the legendary T-Rex? Find out how, in this lively look at evolution! Now even the youngest readers will be able to understand the process of evolution and how Earth's creatures gradually transformed over millennia. Using fabulous, easy-to-follow illustrations, This Chicken Is a T-Rex! explains such fun facts as how the elephant's trunk developed and why horses' toes have transformed through time into hooves!
Main title:
This chicken is a t-rex! : the great big book of animal evolution / illustrations by Roman Garcia Mora ; text by Cristina M. Banfi and Rita Mabel Schiavo.
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Imprint:
Milan, Italy : White Star, [2017]©2017.
Collation:
39 pages : colour illustrations ; 32 cm.
Audience:
Interest age level: 9-12 years old.
Contents:
The origin of birds: that chicken of a T-rex -- A comparison between the archaeopteryx and the rooster -- Ratites (flightless birds): they're birds, but they don't fly! -- The evolution of horses: losing it's toes -- Saber-toothed felines: what a brilliant smile! -- The proboscidea: a brief history of the very useful trunk! -- Giant dragonflies: the super ancestors of the arthropods -- Land crocodiles: fangs and scales -- A collection of strange crocodiles -- Giant wombats: in the realm of marsupials, but not only... -- Australian megafauna -- Giant sloths: the giant ancestor of the slowest animal in the world -- Giant armadillos: many different models of live "tanks" -- A wolf in sheep's clothing: or a sheep in wolf's clothing? -- The evolution of whales: the giants of the sea -- Prehistoric sharks: the most fearsome predators of the sea from the past... and the present -- A strange collection of relatives!
ISBN:
97888544119758854411973
Dewey class:
576.8
Language:
English
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BRN:
330957