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Taylor  \nACC.No:03055283  \nProject Editor:Angela Royston  \nDesigner:Matthew Kelly  \nPicture Researcher:Maria JoannoU  \nCopyright ◎ QED Publishing 2011First published in the UK in 2011 byQED PublishingA Quorto Group Compony226 City RoodLondon EC1V 2TTwww.qed-publishing.co.uk  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publicotion may be reproduced,stored in oretrievol system,or tronsmitted in any form or by ony meons,electronic,mechonicol,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without the prior permission of the publisher,nor be otherwise circuloted in any form of binding or cover other thon thot in which it ispublished ond without o similor condition being imposed on the subsequent purchoser.A catalogue record for this book is availoble from the British Librory.ISBN 9781848356078Printed in ChinoPicture credits  \n(t=top,b=bottom,I=leff,r=right,c=centre,fc=front cover,bc=bock cover)Corbis Michael G Potricio Fogden 17b,Mortin Horvey 20b;FLPA Michoel G PatricioFogden/Minden Pictures 5t,Vincent Grofhorst/Minden Pictures 7bl,Chris Mottison 11,Sebastion Kennerknecht/Minden Pictures 13t,Scott Linsteod/Minden Pictures 13b,OttoPlontemo/Minden Pictures 17t,Piotr Naskrecki/Minden Pictures 20t,Michoel &PotricioFogden/Minden Pictures 21b;Nature Picture Library Simon King 7t,Dovid Tipling 8,Dr.Gertrud Neumann-Denzou 9b,Michoel D.Kem 10-11,Steven Dovid Miller 211;Photolibrary MVoresvuo Mvoresvuo 1,12,Alain Drogesco-Joffe 4,Ingo Schulz 5b,MichelGunther 6,Alain Drogesco-Joffé 9t,John Concalosi 14-15,Superstock/Jomes Urbach  \n16,Peter Amold Images/John Concolosi 19;Science Photo Library Gerold C.Kelley 15,Anthony Mercieco 18;Shutterstock Jeffrey M.Fronk 2-3,22-23,24  \nContents  \nHiding in the sand….…...4Sandy animals……………………6Hunting in the sand……  …  ……………   …8Animal Special Snake disguises…        …10Hiding from hunters…………  …….12Animal Special Disappearing lizards…           ..14Eggs,chicks and babies…………     .16Spot the difference………………………18Changing colour.….…Glossary………lndex.............Notes for parents and teachers....  \n# 100\n\nHiding in the sand  \nAnimals that live inhot,sandy desertsfur the sameare good atThe gnimals hideby blending in withthe background.This iscalled camouflage.Some animals have palesandy colours,which match thesandy ground.This makes themhard to see.The sandy colour ofdorcas gazelles hides them fromhunters,such as cats and hyenaslong legs to runqway from hunters▲ Dorcas gazelles live in deserts in10010000the mountains of Africa and Arabia.4  \ncolour as sandhide and seek.  \nHIDE  \nOther animals havepatterns,such as spots,streaks or blotches.Theyare well camouflagedin stony deserts.A stonegrasshopper is hardSome animals,suchto see among thestones.Can yoUas stone grasshoppers,spot this one?look like stones!A stonegrasshopper disappearson the stony ground ofeyelids forits African desert home.keeping sand  \nAND  \nSEEK  \nout of the eyesspotted skin  \n△ The spots on the skin ofa leopard gecko are just 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