How Long Things Live: And How They Live as Long as They Do
Solid science presented in an entertaining and informative wayFilled with fascinating "did you know?" facts about extremely short- and long-lived creatures, as well as those in betweenA gall midge hatches, breeds, and dies in a 3-hour period. A bowhead whale can live for 200 years, a quahog clam 400. And box huckleberries growing today sprouted some 13,000 years ago. This fact-filled science book explains how and why some 99 animals and plantsincluding dragonflies, horses, dogs, snakes, humans, tortoises, sequoias, and jellyfishlive as long, or as briefly, as they do.
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How Long Things Live: And How They Live as Long as They Do
Solid science presented in an entertaining and informative wayFilled with fascinating "did you know?" facts about extremely short- and long-lived creatures, as well as those in betweenA gall midge hatches, breeds, and dies in a 3-hour period. A bowhead whale can live for 200 years, a quahog clam 400. And box huckleberries growing today sprouted some 13,000 years ago. This fact-filled science book explains how and why some 99 animals and plantsincluding dragonflies, horses, dogs, snakes, humans, tortoises, sequoias, and jellyfishlive as long, or as briefly, as they do.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780811736220 |
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Publisher: | Stackpole Books |
Publication date: | 01/28/2010 |
Pages: | 176 |
Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.50(d) |
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