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Praying Mantises
Hungry Insect Heroes
by Sandra Markle
Pages: 48
Publisher: Lerner Pub.
Edition: 2008
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0822573005
Description
Look quickly and you might just see one of nature's insect heroes on the hunt--praying mantises! With their incredible hunting skills, mantises help rid farms and gardens of insect pests that bother humans. Praying mantises have big eyes that face forward, heads that can turn, and spines on their front legs to spear their prey. And they are stealthy. Even tiny newly hatched mantises know how to remain still and thanks until a prey insect appears. Then--like lightning-- the mantis strikes! In this exciting book, you can learn what makes a praying mantis similar to and different from other insects. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about mantis bodies, both inside and out. And you can perform an activity that helps you understand just how quickly praying mantises can react while hunting. Are you faster than a mantis? Learn more about this heroic member of nature's fascinating Insect World!
Enjoy! Updated 14/01/2013
Hungry Insect Heroes
by Sandra Markle
Pages: 48
Publisher: Lerner Pub.
Edition: 2008
Language: English
ISBN: 978-0822573005
Description
Look quickly and you might just see one of nature's insect heroes on the hunt--praying mantises! With their incredible hunting skills, mantises help rid farms and gardens of insect pests that bother humans. Praying mantises have big eyes that face forward, heads that can turn, and spines on their front legs to spear their prey. And they are stealthy. Even tiny newly hatched mantises know how to remain still and thanks until a prey insect appears. Then--like lightning-- the mantis strikes! In this exciting book, you can learn what makes a praying mantis similar to and different from other insects. Close-up photographs and diagrams reveal extraordinary details about mantis bodies, both inside and out. And you can perform an activity that helps you understand just how quickly praying mantises can react while hunting. Are you faster than a mantis? Learn more about this heroic member of nature's fascinating Insect World!
Enjoy! Updated 14/01/2013
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