| Who Pooped in the Zoo? San Diego Zoo: Exploring the Weirdest, Wackiest, Grossest & Most Surprising Facts about Zoo Poo Contributor(s): Patterson, Caroline (Author), Rath, Robert (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1560374217 ISBN-13: 9781560374213 Publisher: Farcountry Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2007 Annotation: Did you know that tigers leave their droppings in piles called scrapes to mark their territory? Or that storks poop on their legs to cool off? Or that squid-eating penguins have pink poop? Elephants have the biggest poop in the zoo, but what animal has the smallest? "Who Pooped in the Zoo? San Diego Zoo," for children ages 8 to 12, explores animal poop as a way of understanding the behavior of animals that live at the zoo. After a general explanation of the facts and functions of feces, the book discusses how animals use poop to define territoy, establish status, find mates, build houses, and keep in touch with the rest of the herd. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Zoology - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Zoos |
| Dewey: 612.36 |
| LCCN: 2007005932 |
| Series: Farcountry Explorer Books |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 8.5" W x 9.82" (0.50 lbs) 41 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Locality - San Diego, California |
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| Publisher Description: AWARDS: Bronze, Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Awards, Juvenile Nonfiction, 2007. Finalist, Ben Franklin Book Awards, 2008. |