animal weapons

Explores the ways in which animals defend themselves from predators.

Introduces readers to different animal body parts and how these body parts help animals to survive, including horns, beaks, claws, fangs, etc.

Text and photographs describe animal weapons, including sprays, quills, teeth, claws, horns, poisons, and stings.

Describes how animals and plants attack their prey and defend themselves.

Discusses how various animals and plants use special tools or techniques to protect themselves, such as the turtle's hard shell, the stinging nettles' hairs, and the pufferfish's ability to expand.

Uses a question-and-answer format to present information about some of the ways various animals protect themselves.

Videocassette. Henry the Lizard learns the importance of not bothering animals, from the spiky porcupine to acid-squirting termites.

Photographs and text depict how animals use teeth, claws, spikes, horns, camouflage, poison, and other ways to protect themselves from their enemies.

Discusses how animals use armor to protect themselves from predators or to catch prey.

Describes the appearance and uses of different types of animal headgear.