This handy guide introduces readers to the modern zoo, profiling more than 250 animals and their habitats, including tropical forests, grasslands, deserts, temperate forests, mountains, and polar regions. Special features reveal life in a sand dune, the survival strategies of baby animals, how zoos create an arctic environment, and more. Includes maps of 15 major zoos. Over 350 photos & illustrations.
- ISBN10 0028604075
- ISBN13 9780028604077
- Publish Date 29 September 1995
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2003
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English