Penguins : (Record no. 78073)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781421410524 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781421410517 |
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| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC3318728 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL3318728 |
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| System control number | (CaPaEBR)ebr10756852 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)857769632 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QL696.S473 K66 2013 |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 598.47 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kooyman, Gerald L. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Penguins : |
| Remainder of title | The Animal Answer Guide. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Baltimore : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Johns Hopkins University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2013. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (180 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
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| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | The Animal Answer Guides: Q&a for the Curious Naturalist Series |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Introducing Penguins -- What are penguins? -- Why are penguins important? -- Why should people care about penguins? -- How many kinds of penguins are there? -- What is the current classification of penguins? -- What characterizes the major groups of penguins? -- Why are there no penguins in the Northern Hemisphere? -- Where do penguins live? -- Are there fossil penguins? -- When did penguins first evolve? -- What is the oldest fossil penguin? -- What is the largest fossil penguin? -- 2 Form and Function -- What are the largest and smallest living penguins? -- What is the basic structure of penguins? -- What is the metabolism of a penguin? -- Do penguins have teeth? -- Do penguins sleep? -- Can penguins see color? -- Do penguins molt? -- Can penguins run? -- Why do penguins have flippers? -- Can penguins breathe under water? -- Do penguins need to drink? -- 3 Penguin Colors -- Why are penguins black and white? -- What causes the different color patterns of penguins? -- What color are penguin feet? -- What color are a penguin's eyes? -- Do penguins' color patterns change as they grow? -- Do a penguin's colors change from season to season? -- Is there much geographic color variation in a single penguin species? -- 4 Penguin Behavior -- Are penguins social? -- Do penguins fight? -- Do penguins bite? -- How smart are penguins? -- Do penguins play? -- Do penguins talk? -- How do penguins avoid predators? -- 5 Penguin Ecology -- Where do penguins sleep? -- Do penguins migrate? -- Are penguins good divers? -- How fast do penguins swim, and how fast can they swim? -- Which regions have the most species of penguins? -- How do penguins survive the extreme cold? -- How do penguins survive the winter? -- Do penguins get too hot? -- Do penguins have enemies? -- Do penguins get sick?. |
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| Formatted contents note | How can you tell if a penguin is sick? -- Are penguins good for the environment? -- 6 Reproduction and Development -- How do penguins reproduce? -- Where do penguins lay their eggs? -- Does a penguin nest at the same time and in the same place every year? -- Do penguins nest only one time a year? -- How many eggs do penguins lay? -- Are all hatchlings in a penguin nest full siblings? -- Are all penguins in a colony related to one another? -- How is the sex of a penguin determined? -- How long do penguins care for their young? -- How fast do penguins grow? -- How can you tell the age of a penguin? -- How long do penguins live? -- 7 Food and Feeding -- What do penguins eat? -- Do penguins chew their food? -- How do penguins find food? -- Are any penguins scavengers? -- Do penguins ever store their food? -- 8 Penguins and Humans -- Do people ever have pet penguins? -- How do you take care of a pet penguin? -- Are penguins dangerous? -- Do penguins feel pain? -- What should I do if I find an injured penguin? -- What should I do if I find a penguin crossing the road? -- What should I do if I find a penguin laying eggs? -- What should I do if I find a baby penguin? -- How can I see penguins in the wild? -- Do people feed wild penguins? -- 9 Penguin Problems (from a human viewpoint) -- Are penguins ever pests? -- Do penguins reduce the number of fish or krill? -- Do penguins kill endangered species? -- Do penguins have diseases, and are they contagious? -- Do people eat penguins, and is it safe? -- 10 Human Problems (from a penguin's viewpoint) -- What are the least and the most abundant penguins? -- How are penguins counted? -- Are any penguins endangered? -- How does tourism affect penguins? -- Will penguins be affected by global warming? -- Are penguins affected by pollution? -- Do zoos and aquariums remove penguins from the wild?. |
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| Formatted contents note | Are any commercial products made from penguins? -- What can an ordinary citizen do to help penguins? -- Are penguins important to the conservation effort? -- 11 Penguins in Stories and Literature -- Have penguins played a role in religion and mythology? -- What do penguins have to do with fairy tales? -- What roles have penguins played in native cultures? -- What roles do penguins play in popular culture? -- What roles have penguins played in poetry and other literature? -- 12 "Penguinology" -- Who studies penguins? -- Which species are best known? -- Which species is least known? -- How do scientists tell penguins apart? -- Appendix A: Penguins of the World -- Appendix B: Penguin Research and Conservation Organizations -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Whether you hope to travel to the Southern Hemisphere or simply want to learn more about wildlife, Penguins: The Animal Answer Guide deserves a spot on your bookshelf. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Penguins-Miscellanea. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lynch, Wayne. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Kooyman, Gerald L. |
| Title | Penguins |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2013 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781421410517 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 830 #4 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | The Animal Answer Guides: Q&a for the Curious Naturalist Series |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318728">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318728</a> |
| Public note | Click to View |
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