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When elephants listen with their feet discover extraordinary animal senses

"Chapters focused on the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, infrasonic hearing, magnetoception, and electroreception detail how a variety of animals experience the world around them, focusing on how their biological adaptations to specific ecological niches contribute to senses that...

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Main Author: Grundmann, Emmanuelle (Author)
Other Authors: Dupont, Clémence, 1993- (Illustrator), Woods, Erin (Translator) (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
French
Published: Toronto : Pajama Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Senses and sensation > Juvenile nonfiction.
Animals > Adaptations > Juvenile nonfiction.
Animals > Juvenile nonfiction.
Summary: "Chapters focused on the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, infrasonic hearing, magnetoception, and electroreception detail how a variety of animals experience the world around them, focusing on how their biological adaptations to specific ecological niches contribute to senses that often seem extraordinary compared to those of humans. The fully illustrated text includes a table of contents, glossary, and index."--
Item Description: "Originally published by Fleurus éditions, Paris France under the title Quand l'éléphant écoute avec ses pieds..." -- Quarto.
Includes index.
Physical Description: 39 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9781772781236
1772781231
Author Notes: When she was little, EmmanuelleGrundmann dreamed about the Amazon, about monkeys, and about flying above thecanopy on feathered wings. Since then she has become an author and speaker witha doctorate in ethology (the science of animal behavior) and conservation. Emmanuellewrites and travels the planet for biodiversity-themed conferences and exhibits,with a particular interest in primates, forests, oceans, amphibians, andkakapos. She also presents children's workshops.

Clémence Dupont graduated from theÉcole des beaux-arts d'Épinal in 2015. She is an author and illustrator wholives and works in Strasbourg, France, and specializes in children'snonfiction. Clémence is passionate about space, polar exploration, and thehistory of the earth. Her favorite subjects to illustrate are dinosaurs andanimals, which she renders using both accuracy and engaging color.


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