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Awesome 'Possum, Volume 3

Awesome 'Possum, Volume 3

Overview

Forty-five creators explore the natural world, the plants and animals. You'll explore:

  • Respiratory, digestive, and other anatomical systems of various denizens of Manhattan with Kriota Willberg
  • Howls and of the grasshopper mouse with Jerel Dye
  • Problems and solutions of the Varroa mite for honey bees with William Scavone

As with many people passionate about the environment and its inhabitants, a lot of the creators discuss how conservation can make a difference. And Ursula Vernon, creator of Digger, wrote the introduction where she discusses why we love nature so much.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780997011128
Publisher: Angela Boyle
Publication date: 01/15/2017
Pages: 400
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.82(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction Ursula Vernon v
The Handy Opossum Angela Boyle vii
Apis meliffera and Varroa destructor William Scavone 1
Don't Tread on Us Spratty 9
Holy Fire Moss Bastille 15
Armadillo Kate Lacour 24
Aphid-Farming Ants Megan Archer 25
Don't Call It a Comeback Hedj 29
Sepia Ethan Kocak 33
Resurrection Ross Wood Studlar 45
The Tireless Tardigrade Kevin Kite & Michelle McCauley 53
Apex Catherine Garbarino 65
Introducing Salmon Kit Fraser 73
Standing Tall Kelly M. Ricker 81
Terrors of the Deep Sea Shashwat Mishra 85
Bats in Flight Tom O'Brien 95
Raven and Crow Kelly Fernandez 101
The Purifiers Kim Sucher 109
Diving in the Deep Lisa Lowndes & Melissa McGee 119
Bat Humor Kami Koyamatsu 124
Underwater Tails KellySwann 125
Matriarch Salakjit 137
At Sea Alyssa Suzumura 147
What Is Cryptozoology? Patricia Maldonado 153
The Fantastic Annual Migration of North American Shorebirds
Anita K. Boyle 159
The Day I Saw the Mountain Beaver Natalie Dupille 167
Babies Having Babies Caitlin Hofmeister & Lauren Norby 171
Xiphactinus Allison Bannister 177
Cordyceps Simina Popescu 181
The Degu Bridget Comeau 185
Extinction Superstar Angela Boyle 191
Invasion of the Invasive Plants Bonesteel 199
Why Great Blue Herons Eat Alone Kami Koyamatsu 205
The Sounds and Silences of the 17-Year Cicada Sophie Argetsinger 212
The Ears Have It Payden McRoberts 215
Monotremes Abe Olson & Angela Boyle 223
Coulee Crowns Laura Marie Madden 227
The Grasshopper Mouse Jerel Dye 235
Living Large Hedj 239
Monsters Unmasked Patricia Maldonado 245
Filial Cannibalism Vicky Yuh 248
Mating Support Group Aurora Melchor 254
Moose Mortality Stephanie Zuppo 263
The Immortal Jellyfish Kelly Chen 269
Flightless Rails and Island Conservation G Pike 271
Armadia brevis Alyssa Suzumura 274
How I Met Your Father Iris Yan 275
Meet Percy! EJ Landsman 278
Cute or Deadly: Starlings Abe Olson & Angela Boyle 282
Fox Wm Brian MacLean 283
A Pictorial Anatomy of the Denizens of Manhattan
Kriota Willberg 291
Preserving the Silurian Age Kes Bradley and David Kirkham 297
A Tale of the Horsetail Anita K. Boyle 301
Iberian Lynx Bernardo O. Dias 309
Illustrations 313
Bibliography 373
Index 382
Biographies 388
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