Get the Scoop on Animal Puke!: From Zombie Ants to Vampire Bats, 251 Cool Facts about Vomit, Regurgitation, & More! - Hardcover

Cusick, Dawn

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9781623540456: Get the Scoop on Animal Puke!: From Zombie Ants to Vampire Bats, 251 Cool Facts about Vomit, Regurgitation, & More!

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ISBN 10: 1623540453 ISBN 13: 9781623540456

Publisher: Charlesbridge, 2014

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Budding scientists and animal behaviorists: get ready to be grossed out!

Following in the footsteps of the bestselling Get the Scoop on Animal Poop!, Get the Scoop on Animal Puke offers hours of learning about the natural world. Animal vomit serves many purposes in the natural world: it can scare and distract predators, feed family and neighbors, protect animals from poisoning (they can’t call 911), aid with digestion, and so much more. Fun facts and cool photos will delight young scientists. Maybe puke isn't so gross after all!

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About the Author:

Dawn Cusick writes award-winning children's nature nonfiction books. Get the Scoop on Animal Poop! was selected to the National Science Teachers Association's 2013 list of Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, Bankstreet College of Education's 2013 Best Children's Books of the Year list, and was named a finalist in the Children's Book Council's 2013 Children's Choice Book Award and the Animal Behavior Society's 2013 Outstanding Children's Book Award. Her first two children’s books, Bug Butts and Animal Eggs, also won many awards. Ms. Cusick holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida, a certificate of post-Baccalaureate Major in Biology from the University of North Carolina-Asheville, and a Masters of Science in Biology from Western Carolina University. Her research work involves species' recognition and speciation in cryptic katydids. She teaches general biology and zoology courses at Haywood Community College.

Puke Defense
Vulture Vomit
Turkey vultures (right) and other types of vultures feed on dead animals called carrion. Sometimes, the prey animals have been dead for just a few minutes, while other times they have been dead for days. If another animal tries to attack a feeding vulture or steal its food, the vulture vomits on them. Vulture vomit is not ordinary vomit — it contains rotting flesh, bacteria, and parasites. Like many sea birds, a vulture’s stomach acid is much stronger than the acid in other animals’ stomachs.
LEFT: Young Eurasian roller birds vomit on themselves when a predator threatens them. The vomit discourages predators from eating them, and parents come rushing back when they smell their offspring’s vomit. The next time you need help from your parents, think about how lucky you are not to be a Eurasian roller!
Falsely Accused
Have you ever heard that camels spit when they feel threatened? Actually, camel “spit” is really a frothy vomit that is released by the camel’s stomach a little at a time. People who live and work with camels say this stomach spit smells horrible. Should we take their word for it or start a scientific study?

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