Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Young children are naturally curious about animals. Tell Me Why Dolphins Breathe Air offers answers to their most compelling questions about how these mammals can swim. Age-appropriate explanations and appealing photos encourage readers to continue their quest for knowledge. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
Two youngsters visit Marine Land where they learn that dolphins are intelligent and friendly creatures.
Introduces dolphins, discussing their physical characteristics, life cycle, and eating habits.
Readers of this in-depth volume will learn about these topics and more, including why narwhals fence with their tusks and the role of echolocation in cetacean sea life.
These playful animals have been extensively studied and continue to impress scientists with their intelligence. This wonderful book uses vivid photographs and engaging text to guide young readers through the fascinating world of dolphins.
Describes physical characteristics of dolphins, how they swim, how they breathe, what they eat, and how they raise their young.
Breathing air āļĢ Marine mammals must breathe air to stay alive . They breathe air using lungs . Dolphins , whales , and porpoises have blowholes that let air into their lungs . A blowhole is a hole on top of an animal's head .
Introduces dolphins, discussing the different species, their unique communication skills, physical characteristics, eating habits, mating rituals, habitats, and efforts being made to ensure their future.
Dolphins live in water and look much like fish. What makes them mammals then? The blowhole is one clue. Do you know what it is for? The blowhole is for breathing air, just like your nose and mouth. A dolphin cannot breathe underwater.
How big is a baby whale? Why do dolphins leap out of the water? Which whale changes color as it grows up? No question will have to go unanswered with this collection of facts about whales and dolphins.
Presents information on how to tell the difference between dolphins and porpoises, even though they are similar in many ways.