Encyclopedia of Animals is your go-to guide to the animal kingdom, covering fish, reptiles, invertebrates, amphibians, birds, and mammals, with colorful artwork bringing to life the biodiversity of our amazing planet.
... protect the softer internal network of chambers. hot air rises through the main chimney shaft and cools mud walls can reach a height of 20 feel (6 m) fresh air enters and stale air is expelled through vents in the porous walls cool ...
User-friendly and accessible, this is the perfect modern encyclopedia for animal enthusiasts of all ages.
Special attention is paid to endangered and vulnerable species. The book features more than 2,000 species illustrations, plus detailed explanatory diagrams, colour photographs and distribution maps.
Plunge into the diversity of the animal kingdom in this Encyclopaedia of Animals.
Color pictures of animals and myriad facts about them.
Authoritative and beautiful, written by expert zoologists and illustrated with nearly two thousand original full-color paintings by the world's finest wildlife artists, "The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of Animals" is...
A visual guide to animals, a detailed natural history introduction and over 1000 beautiful artworks.
"Set off on an extraordinary guided tour of the animal kingdom, from the high-flying realm of the birds to the mysterious twilight world of deep-sea creatures"--Page 4 of cover
Fotolia: CPJ Photography (cr); Impala (fcrb). Getty Images: Mint Images / Frans Lanting (ca). 198-199 Corbis: Theo Allofs (c). 200 Corbis: Eric and David Hosking (fcra); Minden Pictures / Foto Natura / Jasper Doest (c).
Presents a photographic reference with facts about twenty-five hundred animal species that detail animal habitats, life cycles, and conservation efforts.