free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Smithsonian I LLUSTRATED BY LEONARDO MESCHI NI www.ebook777.com free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Smithsonian WRITTEN BY KRISTEN MCCURRY I LLUSTRATED BY LEONARDO MESCHI NI free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com African elephant Alligator Arabian horse Baldeagle 10 Barn owl 12 Basilisk lizard 14 Black rhinoceros 16 Cheetah 18 Chimpanzee 20 Eastern diamondback rattlesnake 22 Emperor penguin 24 ´ Galapagos tortoise 26 Giant panda 28 Giraffe 30 Grizzly bear 32 www.ebook777.com free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Harp seal 34 Humpback whale 36 Koala 38 Lion 40 Meerkat 42 Monarch butterfly 44 Peacock 46 Platypus 48 Poison dart frog 50 Porcupine 52 Red kangaroo 54 Tarantula 56 Vampire bat 58 Stick insect 60 Wolverine 62 Websites 64 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com AFRICAN ELEPHANT STEP STEP STEP www.ebook777.com free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com The African elephant is the largest land animal on Earth and can weigh more than tonnes Its long trunk has more than 10,000 muscles The elephant uses its trunk to breathe, smell, drink, make trumpeting sounds and grab things To help with that are two small fingerlike extensions at the end of the trunk STEP FINISHED! free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com ALLIGATOR STEP STEP STEP www.ebook777.com free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com This ancient species has managed to survive for millions of years, unlike dinosaurs! 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59 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com STICK INSECTS STEP STEP STEP 60 www.ebook777.com free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Stick insects are excellent at hiding Their bodies look like small branches or twigs of trees Like sticks, they don’t move much Stick insects sit still, nibbling on leaves and hiding from predators They even have a way to camouf lage their offspring – the eggs of some species look like seeds STEP FINISHED! 61 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com WOLVERINE STEP STEP STEP 62 www.ebook777.com free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Wolverines are short, stout members of the weasel family that look like small bears with tails For their small size, they are strong, fierce hunters They attack rodents, sheep, deer and even reindeer in their northern and tundra habitats If desperate for food, a wolverine may dig into the burrows of hibernating animals and eat them STEP FINISHED! 63 free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Raintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered office at Pilgrim Street, London, EC4V 6LB – Registered company number: 6695582 www.raintreepublishers.co.uk myorders@raintreepublishers.co.uk Text © Capstone Global Library Limited 2015 First pubished in paperback in 2014 The moral rights of the proprietor have been asserted All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproducedi n any form or by any means (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner, except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS (www.cla.co.uk) Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission should be addressed to the publisher Printed and bound in China Our very special thanks to Don E Wilson, PhD, Curator Emeritus of the Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History for his curatorial review Capstone would also like to thank Ellen Nanney and Kealy Wilson at the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Licensing for their help in the creation of this book Smithsonian Enterprises: Carol LeBlanc, Vice President; Brigid Ferraro, Director of Licensing Photo credits: BigStockPhoto.com: desertrosestudios, 37; Fotolia: Fabrice Beauchene, 25, Kitch Bain, 21; iStockphotos: John Carnemolla, 49; Shutterstock: Abramova Kseniya, 9, Audrey Snider-Bell, 57, Bridgena Barnard, 19, Daniel Alvarez, 27, Dennis Donohue, 41, Eduard Kyslynskyy, 55, Gerrit de Vries, 17, Heiko Kiera, 23, Hung Chung Chih, 29, James Laurie, 45, Johan W Elzenga, 5, Johan Larson, 61, John Arnold, 51, Mammut Vision, 7, Michael Lynch, 59, mlorenz, 13, mooinblack, 43, Mykhaylo Palinchak, 47, Peter Wey, 11, Pichugin Dmitry, 31, Pyshnyy Maxim Vjacheslavovich, 15, Scott E Read, 33, tratong, 53, Vladimir Melnik, 35, worldswildlifewonders, 39; Wikipedia: National Park Service, 63 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 4062 8002 18 17 16 15 14 10 The name of the Smithsonian Institution and the sunburst logo are registered trademarks of the Smithsonian Institution For more information, please visit www.si.edu All the internet addresses (URLs) given in this book were valid at the time of going to press However, due to the dynamic nature of the internet, some addresses may have changed, or sites may have changed or ceased to exist since publication While the author and publisher regret any inconvenience this may cause readers, no responsibility for any such changes can be accepted by either the author or the publisher www.dragoart.com/birds-c319-1.htm Did you enjoy drawing the birds in this book? 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