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Synopsis
This volume illuminates the mysterious world of bioluminescence. Text and captions explain how and why animals produce these effects, and uncover the strange lives they lead. Each creature is illustrated in up-close detail against a black background for an emphatic effect. Young readers discover: how the bizarre angler fish finds food in the dark with its luminous fishing rod; why fireflies perform a glittering dance in the night. From fish, squid and comb jellies to insects, fungi and bacteria. The book reveals the secrets of shimmering animals and plants. The detailed information is broken down into accessible segments with fact panels to show the size of the creatures.
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Creatures that Glow illuminates the mysterious world of bioluminescence - the ability of living things to make their own light. Clear text and captions explain how and why some fish and other animals produce these dazzling effects and uncover the strange lives they lead. Each creature is illustrated in superb, close-up detail against a black background for spectacular effect.
After you have closed this enthralling book, you can hang up the removable glow-in-the-dark poster of bioluminescent marine creatures - a radiant display of nature's most striking phenomena.
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Introduces creatures that produce their own light, including the flashlight fish, the firefly, and fungi. Includes a pull out glow in the dark poster of the luminous creatures of the sea.
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- PublisherHarry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0810940272
- ISBN 13 9780810940277
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages30
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Creatures That Glow; Discover the way that nature lights up the dark
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ISBN 10: 0810940272
ISBN 13: 9780810940277
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ISBN 10: 0810940272
ISBN 13: 9780810940277
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