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Description: |
143 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (page 143). |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: ch. 1. Meet the beaver -- ch. 2. Origins and history -- ch. 3. Place to call home -- ch. 4. Nature's lumberjack -- ch. 5. Food habits -- ch. 6. Survival challenges -- ch. 7. Reproductive cycle -- ch. 8. Social behavior -- ch. 9. Restoration success story. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
This book is a comprehensive profile of this industrious animal, the beaver. Examining its evolution and survival success as well as physical and behavioral characteristics - such as its obsession to dam running water - even how it hastened the exploration of North America. |
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Series Added Entry: |
Wildlife series (Minocqua, Wis.) |