Exploding Ants and Other Amazing Defenses

Exploding Ants and Other Amazing Defenses book cover — Contents Contents Chapter 1 SLIMY HAGFISHES page 4 Chapter 2 EXPLODING ANTS page 12 Chapter 3 ARMORED PANGOLINS page 18 Chapter 4 BURROWING OWLS page 24 Chapter 5 HORNED LIZARDS page 31 Extinct Animal Superpowers 37 Glossary 38 Learn More about Animal Defenses 39 Index 40

Exploding Ants and Other Amazing Defenses — page 1 — 4 Chapter 1 Animals have many ways to defend themselves against predators Some run Some hide Some fight back with sharp teeth and claws And some use unusual strategies to protect themselves The hagfish relies on gooey slippery slime SLIMY HAGFISHES Hagfishes also called slime eels are nearly blind How do hagfishes find their way 4

Exploding Ants and Other Amazing Defenses — page 2 — A hagfish lives in a burrow on the bottom of cold ocean waters It slithers like a snake along the seabed The hagfish is nearly blind but it has a good sense of touch and smell It feels its way around and finds food with a ring of tentacles around its mouth It smells with a single nostril on the top of its head It eats small invertebrates or carcasses that settle to the ocean floor A hagfish seems defenseless But its body is ready for an attack Hagfishes can go months without eating They can absorb nutrients through their skin and gills 5

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