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Children's Press (Scholastic Inc.)
Pages
47
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Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.
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This True Books: Animals series introduces readers in grades three through five to fascinating animals. Students learn about the lifecycles, homes, feeding and mating habits, special abilities, and everyday activities of creatures found around the world. The tiger is the largest of the world's big cats--and the one that is most endangered. There are only 5,000 to 7,000 tigers left in the wild today, all of them in Asia. This book describes the habits and characteristics of the five kinds of tigers that exist today: the Bengal tiger, Siberian tiger (the world's largest cat), Indochinese tiger, Sumatran tiger, and South China tiger.
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English
Original publication date
2005
Physical description
47 p.; 8.4 inches
ISBN
0516279378 / 9780516279374
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Only about five thousand to seven thousand wild tigers are left in the world today. All of them live in Asia, and all are seriously endangered. The Siberian tiger, the world's largerst cat, is found in Russia and China. Like all cats, tigers are predators. They survive by killing
Only about five thousand to seven thousand wild tigers are left in the world today. All of them live in Asia, and all are seriously endangered. The Siberian tiger, the world's largerst cat, is found in Russia and China. Like all cats, tigers are predators. They survive by killing
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and eating other animals. Because they are so large and powerful, tigers can capture just about any animal they went. The Siberian tiger can grow to be 10feet long and weigh 675 pounds. Tigers can swim, climb trees, and leap more than 30 feet (9m) in a single jump. They are eqipped with razor-sharp claws and canine teeth that are several inches long. It knocks the prey animals down, Then grasps the neck in its underbrush and then eats it. Show Less
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SCI G.410 J