Tim Harris (2)
Auteur de National Geographic Complete Birds of the World
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Tim Harris, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
Séries
Œuvres de Tim Harris
Practical English, Book 2, 2nd Edition (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich's Practical English Series) (1987) 2 exemplaires
Facts at Your Fingertips : Endangered Animals - Mammals of the Southern Hemisphere (2010) 1 exemplaire
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 34
- Membres
- 180
- Popularité
- #119,865
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 329
- Langues
- 2
1. Main characters
Alligators
2. Write the summary of the book.
Alligators and their close relatives-caimans and crocodiles- are called crocodilans. Alligators and caimans have shorter, broader snouts than crocodiles. Alligators are also bigger than caimans. The teeth on an alligator's jaw fit nearly into slots in the upper jaw when the mouth is shut. But the forth teeth on either side of a crocodile's lower jaw doesn't fit snugly. They stick out when the mouth is shut.
If an alligator lays 40 eggs, how many will be male and how many will be female? Often, all the eggs in the nest turn out to be male. Or all might be female.It is the temperature that actually affects whether the young are male or female. If the eggs were incubated in a cool nest, the young turn out to be male. If the eggs developed in a warmer nest, the young turn out to be female.
3. Write your feelings about the book in details.
Alligators and other reptiles are not warm-blooded. ... They can also cool down by opening their jaws to let heat escape through the dump linking of their mouth(See p.28)
It's the same way as dogs but dogs are not cold-blooded.
4. Write the words, phrases or sentences that impressed you most in the book and explain why they impressed you. Or you could write your questions about the book.
Large fish, snapping turtles, herons, and bullfrogs will snap up the babies if given a chance. About nine out of every ten babies die before they reach their first birthday(See p. 44)
They have difficulty surviving though their mother protects them.… (plus d'informations)