How old is a whale? : animal life spans from the mayfly to the immortal jellyfish
Edition
First US edition.
Publication Information
Sommerville, Massachusetts : Big Picture Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2023.
Physical Description
59 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Summary
"We are all on Earth but for a fleeting moment, yet no two lives are the same. From the delicate mayfly, which lives for just a few precious hours, to the death-defying immortal jellyfish, this book about animal life cycles is a celebration of creatures big and small." --
Notes
"First published by Big Picture Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, 2022"--Title page verso.
Contents
- Our time on Earth
- Adult mayfly
- Honeybee
- Monarch butterfly
- Pygmy goby
- Labord's chameleon
- Opossum
- Etruscan shrew
- Giant Pacific octopus
- Axolotl
- Periodical cicada
- Trapdoor spider
- Grizzly bear
- Brandt's bat
- Echidna
- Orangutan
- Laysan albatross
- Kākāpō
- African elephant
- Saltwater crocodile
- American lobster
- Orange roughy
- Galápagos giant tortoise
- Bowhead whale
- Greenland shark
- Ocean quahog
- Glass sponge
- Immortal jellyfish
- How long animals live.