Electric Eels Are Strange - Library Binding

by Natalie Humphrey (Author)

It may be electrifying, but it's not lightning--it's an electric eel! Filled with up-close and full-color photographs, readers of this book will get familiar with a truly freaky fish. Even those who don't love science class will find electric eels' air-breathing and unusual breeding behavior (spit is involved!) fascinating. Learning about the electric eel is an engaging introduction to ecosystems, habitats, biology, and so much more crucial curricular content. Fact boxes throughout the carefully crafted text point out bizarre tidbits sure to make any reader think twice before swimming in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins of South America.