How and why do people copy animals?

Summary: "People have learned a lot from animals and copied many of their ways of surviving. This ... book details many, often surprising, examples: bird flight and airplanes; defensive equipment such as helmets and turtle shells; strong spiderlike threads for surgeries; camouflage patterns on uniforms or vehicles in battle; and animal prints copied in fashions and decorations"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780778714651
ISBN: 9780778714729
ISBN: 0778714659
ISBN: 0778714721
Physical Description: print
24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: St. Catharines, Ont. : Crabtree Pub. Co., [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Why copy animals? -- Copying their moves -- Hard shells, hard hats -- Spider silk and webs -- Copying coverings -- Animal communities -- Following the group -- Building homes -- Animals copy people, too -- Who is copying whom?
Target Audience Note:	3.4 Follett Library Resources K-3 Follett Library Resources K-3