The Nature Kid's Guide to Piranhas

Snap, snap, snap! Something small and silver shoots through dark water and locks its razor teeth around its meal. It's a piranha, and it just lived up to its reputation. Piranhas are famous for their frenzies, but most of the time they're surprisingly calm. These fascinating fish eat fruit and seeds just as often as meat, help plant trees by spreading seeds along the riverbank, and can bark like a dog by grinding their teeth when scared. "The Nature Kid's Guide to Piranhas" is written for curious kids ages 7 to 12 who want to know what makes these river hunters so extraordinary. How do piranhas detect a single drop of blood in a huge, murky river? Why do they lose and regrow their teeth in entire rows at once? And how can a group of hungry piranhas strip a fish to its skeleton in under five minutes? Short sentences and surprising facts fill every page. Your child will discover that black piranhas have the strongest bite of any fish their size, that the wimple piranha sneaks up on fish and bites off just their scales, and that piranhas are most scared of big shadows moving above the water. They'll learn how pairs swim in slow circles for hours during their courtship dance, how a mother can lay up to 5,000 eggs at once, and how a school of 30 piranhas moves together like one giant fish to scare off predators. A book for every kid who loves animals that are full of surprises! Razor teeth, river secrets, and a whole book full of wild facts your child will want to share. Thousands of young readers have explored the Nature Kids Guide series. Grab a copy, your kid is next!