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When plants attack : strange and terrifying plants / Rebecca E. Hirsch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hirsch, Rebecca E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poisonous plants--Juvenile literature.
- Poisonous plants.
- Dangerous plants--Juvenile literature.
- Dangerous plants.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (52 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Millbrook Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Science writer and plant expert Rebecca E. Hirsch presents fun and gross facts about a variety of plants along with explaining the science behind why they do what they do. Featured plants include the Venus Flytrap, an African tree that houses stinking ants to protect itself from hungry animals, a "vampire vine" that sucks nutrients from other plants, and fiendishly invasive kudzu.
- Contents:
- Beware the killer plants!
- Stinging tree
- The ants rush out
- A deadly squeeze
- Slippery pit of doom
- Stinking deception
- The bird catcher
- Attack of the vampire vine
- Creeping, climbing invader
- The quest for survival
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-7284-1269-2
- 1-5415-5233-4
- 1-5415-4388-2
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