Invented by Animals: Meet the creatures who inspired our everyday technology
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By Christiane Dorion, and and, Gosia Herba
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WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER BOOK AWARDS 2022
An international best-seller, translated into over 25 languages
In this book you will meet the animal inventors who have shared their super inventing powers to make amazing things for humans.
We have invented ways of solving problems, making unbelievable materials, ways of getting around and working out how to survive on our own for millions of years. Often human scientists try and solve a problem or invent a new tool and they realise that animals have already invented it for them.
Sometimes when a human inventor gets stuck, they come to the animal kingdom to see if we can help them out. In this book you will meet the crème de la crème of animal innovators who have created or are in the process of inventing things that people use every day.
Meet the shark who invented a pair of swimming shorts so fast, they were banned from the Olympic games. Check out the snail who has invented a house that stays cool inside even in the desert. And take a closer look at the eagle whose super-zoom vision has inspired the invention of the world’s tiniest and most powerful cameras. Every animal – and their invention – is a marvel in this unique non-fiction blend of science, technology and wildlife that will change the way you look at the natural world.
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this was non fiction . I rated this 4 because it was interesting it lost one because IT WAS VERY LONG.
I like reading about the different pet facts.l and learning new things.
It was a book based on inventions inspired by Animals. It was very interesting, and I would recommend this book.
I loved all the cool animals
This is an awesome book about things we have learned from animals and use in science and engineering.
I read this book with Nanny
I learned about geckos and their sticky feet and sharks and their scaly skin.
I really enjoyed kearning how animals have helped humans develop things that can help humans. The shrk swimsuit was very cool and the quills of the porcupine helped in medicine.
That it is invented by animals and how we can learn from them!
Interesting and fun book
I enjoyed reading this book. My favorite animal in this book was the bee because I never knew that they picked the shape hexagon to make the hive's structure stronger.
This is a super interesting book, teaching me (and my family) many things I didn’t know! I love the illustrations and the design of the pages with short paragraphs giving information. A great addition to the class library.
