From vomiting and shooting blood to sliming enemies, this highly visual nonfiction book, filled with incredible and sometimes gross facts, explores how mammals, insects, fish and birds around the world react when they’re scared. Illustrations.
This illustrated nonfiction picture book explores the unique and disgusting things that animals sometimes do when they're scared.
? “Enthralling…Empowers readers to understand their own human coping mechanisms, while colourful, detailed images soaked in softly muted earth tones build a base of strong general knowledge. The challenge for readers young and old will be to see who says 'ew' first! A thoroughly engaging, fact-fill book with audacious and memorable animal responses to predators. A must-have for every library.” — School Library Journal
Learn about the wild, wacky and downright disgusting ways some animals react out of fear.
Are you afraid of the dark? Of getting lost? Or of something you saw in a movie? Maybe someone laughed at you for being scared or called you a chicken. That’s okay! In fact, it’s how humans stay safe in scary situations.
While people might run or scream, animals have amazing ways of protecting themselves when they’re afraid. Fulmar birds vomit, Texas horned lizards shoot blood from their eyes and hagfish slime their enemies. Full of incredible and sometimes gross animal facts, Mighty Scared explores how mammals, insects, fish and birds around the world respond when scary predators are near.
