Join CBeebies' Jess French on an exciting tour of marvelous minibeasts.
With her unparalleled zeal for insects, Jess French dives headfirst into the breathtaking world of invertebrates to explore their unbelievable adaptations and evolution and reveal incredible invertebrates from all over the world, from bird-eating tarantulas and glow-in-the-dark scorpions to meter-long stick insects and bat-eating centipedes.
Fancy meeting a foot-long centipede or a spider the size of your dinner plate? With Minibeasts with Jess French, you can do just that from the safety and comfort of your sofa. Learn about the perfect co-evolution of nectar-drinking insects and the flowers they pollinate and discover how minibeasts mate, fight, hide, collaborate, evolve, and survive in the most extreme conditions.
Jess's exuberant text enlightens readers on the fascinating and sometimes intense world of the minibeast, revealing everything from firefly Morse code to mid-flight kamikaze mating.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introducing minibeasts
Part One: Eat
Mouthparts
Finding food
Ingenious feeders
Farmers
Pollination
Bloodsuckers
Part Two: Prey
Attack
Chase me, chase me
Ambush
Venom
Super silk
Web of deceit
Traps
Defence
Projectiles
Camouflage
Marvellous mimics
Colour me toxic
Escape artists
Brute force
Part Three: Love
Courtship
Choosing a mate
Ensuring paternity
Anatomy
Love songs
Fancy footwork
Slugs and snails
Caring for the young
Birthday presents
Birthday cakes
Nests
Mum's the word
Devoted dads
Cuckoos
Glossary
Author acknowledgements
Photo credits
Index
