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by David Anderson (Author)
Schlurp! A snail glides straight up a smooth garden wall, held up by nothing but its own slime. It's a garden snail, and that glistening trail is just one of its amazing tricks.
There's way more to snails and slugs than garden pests. These surprising little creatures can have over 20,000 teeth, survive being frozen solid, and some shoot tiny calcium darts at each other before mating.
"The Nature Kid's Guide to Snails and Slugs" is written for curious kids ages 7 to 12 who want to know what makes these slimy creatures so extraordinary. How does slime keep a snail from getting hurt? Why do cone snails shoot venom-filled darts fast enough to stun a fish? And how has something so slow survived in a world full of hungry predators?
Short sentences and surprising facts fill every page. Your child will discover that some snails seal their shells with dried slime and nap for months, that banana slugs grow ten inches long and help build forest soil, and that sea slugs come in over 3,000 wild colors that warn predators to back off. They'll learn how slugs squeeze into places snails never can, how a snail's tiny teeth scrape food off leaves, and how Giant African land snails lay 1,200 eggs in a single year.
A book for every kid who has ever picked up a snail just to watch it come back out of its shell.
Slime trails, wild secrets, and a whole book full of facts your child will want to share.
Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Your child's next favorite creature is probably already in the garden.
