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1) Snakes
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Explains the anatomical features of snakes, their methods of locomotion, hunting characteristics, and behavior.
2) Verdi
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A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives.
7) Snakes!
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Photographs and text introduce young readers to snakes and provide information on behavior, physical characteristics, habitat, and other related topics.
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c2006
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Clear color photos accompany an informative text in this easy reader. Habitats, physiology, hunting patterns, and prey are touched on, as is the snake's place in the animal kingdom and the effect human development has on these slithery reptiles. Similar in reading level to Lucille Recht Penner's more informative S-S-Snakes! (Random, 1994) and Patricia Lauber's nicely crafted Snakes Are Hunters (HarperCollins, 1989), this book will help fill the incessant...
9) Rattlesnakes
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Learn all about rattlesnakes: their skin, how they move around, how they sense things, their poison, and how they hunt. Includes a section on how to be careful in rattlesnake country.
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"The Greedy Python" is quick to gobble up every creature he meets--including to his own great misfortune, himself, when he mistakes the tip of his tail for a lunchtime treat. With drawings by one of the country's most popular illustrators, this story of a python who is quick to eat everything in sight, including the end of his tail on one sad day, is sure to delight and amuse young readers. Full-color illustrations.
12) Rat snakes
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2002.
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Describes the physical attributes, habitat, and hunting and mating methods of rat snakes.
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When young magicians Carter and Sadie Kane learned how to follow the path of the ancient Egyptian gods, they knew they would have to play an important role in restoring Ma'at order to the world. What they didn't know is how chaotic the world would become. The Chaos snake Apophis is loose and threatening to destroy the earth in three days' time. There is, possibly, one way to stop Apophis, but it is so difficult it might cost Carter and Sadie their...
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The Bad Guys are about to have a very bad day! Mr. Wolf and his bad buddies have messed with the wrong guinea pig--one who is secretly an evil mad scientist. And, the nasty little furball wants revenge! Will they survive? Will they be heroes? And will they ever stop trying to eat each other? It's time for the Bad Guys to spring into action!
Still yearning to be seen as heroes, Wolf, Shark, Snake, and Piranha set out to rescue ten thousand chickens...
17) Copperheads
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[1996]
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Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, food habits, and defense mechanisms of this poisonous pit viper.
18) Snakes
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1996
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This book is full of text and photographs describing the life and habits of snakes.