Dawn Cusick 
Get the Scoop on Animal Blood 
From Great White Sharks to Blood-Squirting Lizards, 251 Cool Facts

Have you ever wondered why bugs have green blood? Or how vampire bats drink blood for meals? Get The Scoop on Animal Blood gives you all the gory, scientific details on what flows in animals veins.



This book is hot blooded! And cold blooded! And
green blooded! In fact, when you dive into the world of
animals and their blood , things can get pretty gross and weird. But we know
you like gross and weird !



In this installment of the award-winning
Get the Scoop series, you will find out why deep-diving mammals have
larger blood cells than other animals and more of them. Have you ever wondered how
vampire bats prefer to eat their bloody breakfast ? We’ll tell you! How about why stink bugs have
green blood , or while horned lizards
squirt blood from their eyes ? We know that stuff, too! 




Get the Scoop on Animal Blood comes with more than
250 wild and awesome facts about animal blood , and also has over
200 color photos of animals and,
you guessed it , their blood. With this book, you will be neck deep in bloody science fun. 





 

Despre autor

Dawn Cusick has authored a dozen nonfiction children’s books that have won national and international awards from the Animal Behavior Society, the National Science Teachers Association, the Children’s Book Council’s Children’s Choice competition, and more. Her books have been profiled on NPR and Yahoo News. She teaches biology at Haywood Community College in western North Carolina.