Ostriches: Fast Flightless Birds

Ostriches: Fast Flightless Birds — page 1 — For Bernard a wonderful dad and granddad Copyright 2016 by Lerner Publishing Group Inc All rights reserved International copyright secured No part of this book may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Lerner Publishing Group Inc except for the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review Lerner Publications Company A division of Lerner Publishing Group Inc 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 USA For reading levels and more information look up this title at www lernerbooks com Photo Acknowledgments The images in this book are used with the permission of Sergei25 Shutterstock com p 1 Robert Henno Alamy p 4 Amy N Harris Bigstock com p 5 travelbild com Alamy p 6 Frans Lanting Mint Images Getty Images p 7 top Stefano Gambassi Flickr Open Getty Images p 7 bottom dpa picture alliance Alamy p 8 Ronald Leunis EyeEm Getty Images p 9 iStockphoto com chrisncami p 10 Paul Bruins Photography Flickr RF Getty Images p 11 left Robert Shantz Alamy p 11 right Laura Westlund Independent Picture Service p 12 kapyos Bigstock com p 13 Federico Veronesi Gallo Images Getty Images p 14 Johnny Madsen Alamy p 15 left Eric Woods Photodisc Getty Images p 15 right iStockphoto com CarolinaBirdman p 16 iStockphoto com MikeLane45 p 17 top iStockphoto com Mirko_Rosenau p 17 bottom Minden Pictures SuperStock p 18 Suzi Eszterhas naturepl com p 19 NHPA Photoshot p 20 Bruce Coleman Photoshot p 21 Sarah Darnell SuperStock p 22 Angelika Stern E Getty Images p 23 left Nick Saunders Flickr RF Getty Images p 23 right Doug Cheeseman Photolibrary RM Getty Images p 24 Kat Sicard Alamy p 25 top iStockphoto com estivillml p 25 bottom Juniors Bildarchiv GmbH Alamy p 26 Denis-Huot naturepl com p 27 top Animals Animals SuperStock p 27 middle Arco Images GmbH Alamy p 27 bottom All Canada Photos Alamy p 28 FLPA Alamy p 29 left Charles Melton Visuals Unlimited Inc p 29 right Front cover Peter Chadwick Gallo Images Getty Images Back cover Andrzej Kubik Shutterstock com Main body text set in Calvert MT Std 12 18 Typeface provided by Monotype Typography Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Waxman Laura Hamilton author pages cm Comparing animal traits Ostriches fast flightless birds Laura Hamilton Waxman Summary This book covers information life cycle appearance habitat about the ostrich Each chapter discusses an aspect of the ostrich’s life comparing the bird to a similar bird and to a very different bird Provided by publisher Audience Ages 7-10 Audience K to grade 3 ISBN 978-1-4677-9634-7 eb pdf 1 Ostriches Juvenile literature I Title Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-4677-9509-8 lb alk paper ISBN 978-1-4677-9633-0 pb alk paper QL696 S9W39 2016 598 5'24 dc23 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 BP 12 31 15 2015017441

Ostriches: Fast Flightless Birds — page 2 — ion TABLE MEET THE OSTRICH Introduct WHAT DO OSTRICHES LOOK LIKE Chapter 1 WHERE DO OSTRICHES LIVE Chapter 3 OSTRICHES THE LIFE CYCLE OF OSTRICHES Chapter 4 IN ACTION Chapter 2 4 6 12 18 24 OF CONTENTS Chart iography ion Informat t Ostrich Trai Glossary Selected Bibl Further Index 30 31 32 32 32

Ostriches: Fast Flightless Birds — page 3 — INTRODUCTION MEET THE OSTRICH An ostrich stretches its long neck and takes a good look around With its large eyes it spots a lion in the distance and quickly sprints away Ostriches are a kind of bird Other kinds of animals you may know are insects reptiles amphibians fish and mammals Ostriches run through the grass 4

Ostriches: Fast Flightless Birds — page 4 — All birds share certain traits Birds are vertebrates animals with backbones Birds have feathers and a beak Birds are warm-blooded Their body temperature stays the same even when the temperature around them changes Birds also lay hard-shelled eggs Ostriches share these traits with other birds But some traits make ostriches stand out 5

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