Strange Bodies

Strange Bodies
ISBN-10
163440422X
ISBN-13
9781634404228
Series
Strange Bodies
Category
Animals
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
2019
Author
Joanne Mattern

Description

Whether it's growing new body parts or shedding body parts for defense--some of Earth's amazing animals have super-strange bodies that are almost beyond belief.

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