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When the United States develops a new, state-of-the-art missile defense weapon, it threatens global stability and pits the world's superpowers in a contest for dominance in the space around Earth's orbit.

2) Bloody eyes: gross horned lizards

Author

Amazing Animal Self-Defense

Series

Publisher

Bearport Publishing Company

Pub. Date

[2023]

Description

"Stay away from the horned lizard or risk being sprayed with blood-from the creature's eye! The lizard has some amazing (and gross) ways of defending itself, from blood-squirting eyes to sharp spines that can pierce through an attacking snake. Fun text and eye-catching photos introduce the animal in all its gross glory"--

3) 51 chess openings for beginners

Author

Alberston, Bruce

Publisher

Cardoza Publishing

Pub. Date

2022.

Description

An introduction to some of the game's most competitive and winning opening moves.

4) Fake Out! Animals that Play Tricks: All Aboard Science reader

Author

Clarke, Ginjer L

Publisher

Grosset & Dunlap

Pub. Date

2007

Description

Amimals can mimic other textures around them. A certain type of goats faints when it feels scared or threatened. find out more facts with this book.

5) Disgusting animal defenses

Author

Owen, Ruth

Series

It's a fact!

Publisher

Ruby Tuesday Books

Pub. Date

2014.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Describes some unusual ways that animals protect themselves, including squirting blood, releasing slime, and vomiting on predators.

6) Bubbling drool: gross opossums

Author

Series

Publisher

Bearport Publishing

Pub. Date

[2023]

Description

"When faced with an enemy, the opossum flops over and doesn't move. Drool bubbles from its nose, and a smelly liquid might squirt out from its butt. Did it die of fright? No, it's playing dead! Along with other tricks, the opossum pretends to be dead so its enemies will move on to their next snack. Fun text and eye-catching photos introduce the animal in all its gross glory"--

7) Deadly quills: gross porcupines

Author

Series

Publisher

Bearport Publishing

Pub. Date

[2023]

Description

"A porcupine warns an enemy that gets too close by raising the quills on its back and clicking its teeth. If this doesn't work, the porcupine swings its spiky tail and slaps the enemy. Sharp quills stab the enemy and are stuck in its skin. Ouch! Fun text and eye-catching photos introduce the animal in all its gross glory"--

8) Gooey slime: gross hagfish

Author

Series

Publisher

Bearport Publishing

Pub. Date

[2023]

Description

"A hagfish's slime can protect it from enemies and also help it get food. The hagfish will cover its body with slime and squeeze inside the prey though its mouth. Then, the hagfish eats. This creature eats all its meals from the inside out! Fun text and eye-catching photos introduce the animal in all its gross glory"--

9) Nature's defenses: how animals escape from their enemies

Author

Buxton, Ralph

Publisher

Golden Gate Junior Books

Pub. Date

1972

Description

Describes how different animals use speed, hiding places, armor, camouflage, stings, group protection, and other means of defense in their struggle for survival.

10) Extremely weird animal defenses

Author

Lovett, Sarah

Series

Extremely weird

Publisher

Davidson Titles

Pub. Date

c1997

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of a number of animals with unusual means of defense, including the burrfish, the gelada, and the bulldog ant.

11) Eye-watering stink: gross skunks

Author

Series

Publisher

Bearport Publishing

Pub. Date

[2023]

Description

"Skunks spray a smelly musk on its enemies that can sting their eyes or make them sick. Phew! But skunks don't always need to make a stink to keep enemies away. Their unique black-and-white stripes warn animals that have been sprayed before to stay away. That is, unless they want to stink! Fun text and eye-catching photos introduce the animal in all its gross glory"--

12) Look again: secrets of animal camouflage

Author

Jenkins, Steve

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2019]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Introduces young readers to some of the stealthiest camouflaged animals in the natural world and asks them to seek out these animals hiding in plain sight.

13) Secrets of animal camouflage

Author

Brown, Carron

Series

Shine-a-light book

Publisher

Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing

Pub. Date

2016.

Description

Penguin young readers. Level 4

Who's hiding in the wild? Shine a light behind the page and see ... Explore animal habitats up close and you will find a world filled with great surprises! From an Arctic fox peeping out of the snow to a blue-ringed octopus buried into the sandy seabed, the secrets of animal camouflage are revealed.--

14) Tiny terrors!: the world's scariest small creatures

Author

Clarke, Ginjer L

Series

Publisher

Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC

Pub. Date

[2022]

Description

"Did you know that the blue dragon sea slug is the length of a paperclip but can store deadly jellyfish venom in its body for use against predators? Or that the golden poison dart frog is only an inch long, but its skin holds enough poison to kill ten people? These tiny terrors don't have to be big to be deadly!"--

15) Stinkiest!: 20 smelly animals

Author

Jenkins, Steve

Series

Extreme animals

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2018]

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.). Homeland Security Task Force

Describes the odors that some animals have developed to stay safe and thrive in their environments, including the striped skunk, the bombardier beetle, and the honey badger.

16) Defending the American homeland: a report of The Heritage Foundation Homeland Security Task Force

Author

Publisher

Heritage Foundation

Pub. Date

c2002

17) Born survivors

Author

Spilsbury, Louise

Series

Engineered by Nature
Pilot

Publisher

Bellwether Media, Inc

Pub. Date

2017.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Winkelman, Barbara Gaines

"Engaging images accompany information about born survivors. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--

18) Puffer's surprise

Author

Publisher

Soundprints

Pub. Date

2003

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1

Description

Describes a day in the life of a bulls-eye puffer fish, including the surprising defenses he uses to escape his enemies.

19) I am the walrus

Author

Shusterman, Neal

Series

N.O.A.H. files

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Pub. Date

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13

Description

Searchlight books. Animal superpowers

"Noah Prime discovers he can exhibit the traits and access the abilities of animals and must use them to fight back against those who are hunting him"--

20) Exploding ants and other amazing defenses

Author

Hirsch, Rebecca E

Series

Publisher

Lerner Publications

Pub. Date

[2017]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1

Description