Top 10: Predators

Top 10: Predators — page 1 — O45th Parallel Press Published in the United States of America by Cherry Lake Publishing Ann Arbor Michigan www cherrylakepublishing com Content Adviser Stephen Ditchkoff Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management Auburn University Alabam Reading Adviser Marla Conn ReadAbility Inc Book Designer Melinda Millward Photo Credits Pieter De Pauw iStockphoto cover 1 23 J Parker Shutterstock Images 5 Audrey Snider Bell Shutterstock Images 6 16 Enrique Ramos Shutterstock Images 6 Netfalls Remy Musser Shutterstock Images 6 ©Trevor kelly Shutterstock Images Johan Swanepoel Shutterstock Images B Nawraj Panichphol Dreamstime com 10 Stephen Dalton Minden Pictures Corbis 11 Anthony Hathaway Dreamstime com 12 Syiie Bouchard Shutterstock Images 12 ©EstelleHood Thinkstock 12 ©pum _ eva Thinkstock 13 ©papkin Shutterstock Images 14 Son Number4 Thinkstock 14 ©Kucher Serhii Shutterstock Images 14 Cathy Keifer Shutterstock Images 15 ®reptiles4all Shutterstock Images 16 Sprocky Shutter stock Images 16 Igor Pershin Dreamstime com 17 Maria Dryfhout Shutterstock Images 18 ©ewastudio Thinkstock 19 Yourthstock Dreamstime com 20 oStacey Newman Shutterstock Images 20 ©Clay _ Harrison Thinkstock 20 Waterframe Alamy Stock Photo 21 GSergey Uryasnikov Shutterstock Images 22 OJim Agronick Shutterstock Images 22 Elsa Hoffmann Shutterstock Images 22 ®viadoskan Thinkstock 24 Bildagentur Zooner GmbH Shutterstock Images 26 Tom Tietz Shutter stock Images 26 Erni Shutterstock Images 26 30 kochanowski Shutterstock Images 27 Kstokvis Dreamstime com 28 Karol ie Cullen Shutterstock Images 28 ©Stephen Lew Shutterstock Images 29 blickwinkel Alamy Stock Photo 3 Graphic Element Credits tukkki Shutterstock Images back cover front cover multiple interior pages paprika Shutterstock Images back cover front cover multiple interior pages Silhouette Lover Shutterstock Images multiple interior pages Copyright 2016 by Cherry Lake Publishing All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher 45th Parallel Press is an imprint of Cherry Lake Publishing Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Loh Hagan Virginia author Top 10 predators by Virginia Loh Hagan pages cm Wild wicked wonderful iSBN 978 1 63470 505 9 hardcover ISBN 978 1 63470 625 4 pbk ISBN 978 1 63470 565 3 pdf ISBN 978 1 63470 68 8 ebook 1 Predatory animals Juvenile literature 2 Predation Biology Juvenile literature I Title I Title Predators Ill Title Top ten predators QL758 L64 2016 591 5 g dc23 2015026857 Printed in the United States of America Corporate Graphics About the Author Dr Virginia Loh Hagan is an author university professor former classroom teacher and curriculum designer She's a piano predator She has three pianos She just hunted down a 7 foot Steinway She lives in San Diego with her very tall husband and very naughty dogs To learn more about her visit www virginialoh

Top 10: Predators — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 4 Chapter one Crocodiles Chapter two Archerfish 10 Chapter three Polar Bears 12 Chapter four Spides 14 Chapter five Snakes 16 Chapter six Electric Eels 20 Chapter seven Great White Sharks 22 Chapter eight Wolves 26 Chapter nine Orcas 28 Chapter ten Shrews 30 Consider This 32 Glossary Index 32 32

Top 10: Predators — page 3 — INTRODUCTION Animals hunt They re predators Predators are hunters They lure They draw prey in Prey are animals that are hunted for food Predators stalk prey They follow them They trick them Then they attack They harm They kill Predators hunt to eat They eat to survive Survive means to stay alive They need food to live They have different ways of hunting All animals are part of a food chain Animals can be prey for some animals They can also be predators to other animals Some animals are extreme predators Their hunts are bigger Their hunts are better They're the most exciting predators in the animal

Top 10: Predators — page 4 — Predators are part of life All living things need to eat

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