Masters of disguise : amazing animal tricksters / Rebecca L. Johnson.

Author/creator Johnson, Rebecca L. author.
Format Book
PublicationMinneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2016]
Copyright Date©2016
Description48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Mimicry (Biology)--Juvenile literature.
Camouflage (Biology)--Juvenile literature.

Contents The art of deception -- Coat of many corpses -- Copycat -- Baby sings the blues -- You are what you eat -- Straw man -- Dead ringer -- Shell game -- Cloaking device -- Web of deceit -- How do they do it? -- Meet the scientists.
Abstract An ant hurries over the rocky ground. It pauses beside a dark pebble to clean a bit of dust off its antenna. Unfortunately for the ant, this is the last thing it will ever do. Because what looks like a pebble is actually an assassin bug in disguise . . . In the animal kingdom, survival is the name of the game and not everything is as it seems. A number of animals rely on particularly clever tricks to fool predators or prey. A baby bird mimics a poisonous caterpillar. A moth escapes bats by making sounds that interfere with the bats' echolocation. A tiny rain forest spider builds a big spider "puppet" out of bits of dead leaves, insect parts, and other items. Find out more about some of nature's most bizarre and bloodthirsty con artists and meet the scientists who are working to figure out just how they pull off their amazing tricks.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 45-47) and index.
Audience 1010 Lexile
LCCN 2015031648
ISBN9781512400878 (lb : alk. paper)
ISBN1512400874 (lb : alk. paper)

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