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Eye spy : wild ways animals see the world /

Eye spy : wild ways animals see the world / Wild ways animals see the world. written and illustrated by Guillaume Duprat ; translated and edited by Patrick Skipworth; consultant, Dr. Tadd Patton. - First English edition. - 35 pages : color illustrations ; 34 cm.

Cover title. First published in France under the title: Zooptique. Copyright ©2012 Editions du Seuil, Paris, France.

Includes bibliographical references (page 35) and index.

How do we see? -- Mammals -- Birds -- Reptiles, amphibians, worms, and mollusks -- Insects.

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.

9781999802851 1999802853


Eye--Juvenile literature.
Vision--Juvenile literature.
Animals--Juvenile literature.
Anatomy, Comparative--Juvenile literature.
Physiology--Juvenile literature.
Lift-the-flap books--Specimens.
Eye.
Vision.
Lift-the-flap books.


Lift-the-flap books.
Picture books.
Instructional and educational works.
Informational.

PZ10.17 .D86 / Ey 2018

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