| How Long Things Live: & How They Live as Long as They Do Contributor(s): Fredericks, Anthony D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811736229 ISBN-13: 9780811736220 Publisher: Stackpole Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - General - Nature | Plants - General - Science |
| Dewey: 570 |
| LCCN: 2009047913 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.66" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Solid science presented in an entertaining and informative wayFilled with fascinating "did you know?" facts about extremely short- and long-lived creatures, as well as those in betweenA gall midge hatches, breeds, and dies in a 3-hour period. A bowhead whale can live for 200 years, a quahog clam 400. And box huckleberries growing today sprouted some 13,000 years ago. This fact-filled science book explains how and why some 99 animals and plants--including dragonflies, horses, dogs, snakes, humans, tortoises, sequoias, and jellyfish--live as long, or as briefly, as they do. |