If You Are a Kaka, You Eat Doo Doo: And Other Poop Tales from Nature [Hardcover]

Baby golden tortoise beetles pile poop on their backs to create a shield as protection from predators.? Silver-spotted skipper caterpillars can shoot their poops 40 times their own body length to conceal their true locations.? Baby hoopoes squirt their poops into the eyes of attackers -- and who wants feces in their faces?? Baby Ozark blind cave salamanders use gray bat guano for food.Who knew there could be so many words for animal poo? Feces, scat, meconium, guano, frass, honeydewand their relatives, defecate, cloaca, anus, anal tubenot only are there many words, there are many uses for poo in the natural world. In this appealing celebration, a wide and wonderful range of animals explains how they use fecal material for communication, defense, cooling, decoration, and even food. Each spread focuses on a different species.International Literacy Association Readers Choice List