Monster plants : Meat eaters, real stinkers, and other leafy oddities / by Barry Rice.

By:

Rice, Barry

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Scholastic, Inc. , c2010.Description: 32 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 26 cmISBN:

9780545203265 (pbk.)
0545203260 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

580 22

Contents:

Introduction -- Plant basics -- Monster maker -- Phony monsters -- Venus flytraps -- Hungry suckers -- Monstrous pitchers -- Sticky hunters -- Plant vampires -- Deadly dodder -- Strangler -- Partners in crime -- Flesh rippers -- Plant ghouls -- One shy plant -- Real stinkers -- Alien blob -- Monster roundup -- Glossary.

Summary: These monsters do not have legs or brains, but they know how to snatch creepy crawlies and smash them up for dinner. They can latch on to other organisms and suck the lives out of them. They can even stink like rotting flesh. Turn the pages of this book if you dare to discover the science behind some of the strangest and deadliest plants on earth - back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
J Non-Fiction 500-599	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	J 580 RIC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33321003103687

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These monsters do not have legs or brains, but they know how to snatch creepy crawlies and smash them up for dinner. They can latch on to other organisms and suck the lives out of them. They can even stink like rotting flesh. Turn the pages of this book if you dare to discover the science behind some of the strangest and deadliest plants on earth - back cover.

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