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Eye spy : wild ways animals see the world

Title
Eye spy : wild ways animals see the world / written and illustrated by Guillaume Duprat ; translated and edited by Patrick Skipworth ; consultant, Dr. Tadd Patton.
Author
Duprat, Guillaume
Publication
  • Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom : What on Earth Books, 2018.
  • ©2018

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Additional Authors
  • Skipworth, Patrick
  • Patton, Tadd
Description
35 pages : color illustrations; 34 cm
Summary
  • "This book shares the latest scientific research on animal vision. Discover pigeons' sunglasses, owls' tube-shaped eyes, insects with thousands of mini eyes, and much, much more. With delightful and surprising illustrations, this book allows us a rare glimpse of the world through animals' eyes. Learn interesting facts such as: cows spot predators coming up from behind, cats see mice scurrying through the night, snakes see infrared-- which we only feel as heat, and eagles see eight times more detail than we can." --
  • Nonfiction lift-the-flap book with recent scientific research on animal vision. Illustrations show how various animals see the world. Discover pigeons' sunglasses, owls' tube-shaped eyes, insects with thousands of mini eyes. Learn how cows spot predators coming up from behind, cats see mice scurrying through the night, snakes see infrared (which we only feel as heat), and eagles see eight times more detail than we can.
Uniform Title
Zooptique. English
Alternative Title
  • Zooptique.
  • Wild ways animals see the world
Subject
  • Eye > Juvenile literature
  • Vision > Juvenile literature
  • Animals > Juvenile literature
  • Anatomy, Comparative > Juvenile literature
  • Physiology > Juvenile literature
  • Toy and movable books
  • Anatomy, Comparative
  • Animals
  • Eye
  • Lift-the-flap books
  • Physiology
  • Vision
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Senses & Sensation
  • JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Zoology
Genre/Form
  • Juvenile literature.
  • Juvenile works.
  • Specimens.
  • Lift-the-flap books.
Note
  • Cover title.
  • Originally published in France under the title: Zooptique. Copyright ©2012 Editions du Seuil, Paris, France.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 35) and index.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the French.
Contents
How do we see? -- Mammals -- Birds -- Reptiles, amphibians, worms, and mollusks -- Insects.
Call Number
JFG 19-133
ISBN
  • 9781999802851
  • 1999802853
OCLC
1024153757
Author
Duprat, Guillaume, author, illustrator.
Title
Eye spy : wild ways animals see the world / written and illustrated by Guillaume Duprat ; translated and edited by Patrick Skipworth ; consultant, Dr. Tadd Patton.
Publisher
Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom : What on Earth Books, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 35) and index.
Language
Translated from the French.
Added Author
Skipworth, Patrick, translator, editor.
Patton, Tadd, consultant.
Research Call Number
JFG 19-133
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