Bionic Pets


Book Description

People have been using prosthetics for thousands of years. Today, animals use them too! And in the future cutting-edge technology of bionics will add even more possibilities. Readers of this high-interest title will explore the history of prosthetics technology available today, and what the future holds for bionics. Engaging text and interesting photos combine with a diagram, timeline, graph, and pro/con comparison to offer fascinating information about this amazing technology that benefits our animal friends!




Bionic Pets


Book Description

People have been using prosthetics for thousands of years. Today, animals use them too! And in the future, the cutting-edge technology of bionics will add even more possibilities. Readers of this high-interest title will explore the history of prosthetics, the technology available today, and what the future holds for bionics. Engaging text and interesting photos combine with a diagram, timeline, graph, and pro/con comparison to offer fascinating information about this amazing technology that benefits our animal friends!




Bionic Beasts


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Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! What happens when a young elephant steps on a buried land mine? What happens when a sea turtle’s flipper is injured by a predator? Thanks to recent advances in technology, we have new ways to design and build prosthetic body parts that can help these animals thrive. Meet an Asian elephant named Mosha, a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle named Lola, a German Shepherd named Cassidy, a greylag goose named Vitória, and Pirate, a Berkshire-Tamworth pig. Each of these animals was struggling, but through a variety of techniques and technologies, humans created devices that enabled the animals to live and move more comfortably. Discover the stories of how veterinarians, doctors, and even students from around the world used 3D printing and other techniques to build bionic body parts for these amazing animals.




How I Care for My Pet


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What steps do you follow to take care of a pet? See how this responsible owner cares for a dog named Dunkin.




Bionic Animals


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An elephant lost part of a front leg and had trouble getting around. How could people help? With science! Experts used trial and error to find the best model for the elephant’s new leg and then they built it. From dogs to sea turtles, discover how bionics is helping injured animals everywhere.




Unstoppable


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Animals are both benefitting from and helping out the world of prosthetic science. Furstinger offers a glimpse into the cutting-edge technologies, such as 3D printing and brain-controlled prosthetics, that are helping to improve the lives of animals and humans alike. Full color.




Vetman and His Bionic Animal Clan


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Join Vetman, Imogen, Findlay and a whole cast of incredible bionic animals as they save animal companions everywhere from the evil plans of The Man With No Name - just in time for Christmas! An amazing animal adventure for readers aged 7-11 from Noel Fitzpatrick, Channel 4's SUPERVET. Vetman lives in a cottage outside a sleepy English village, where nobody realises that he's saving animals in incredible, bionic ways - except the animals themselves, of course! But trouble is brewing... because Vetman's old foe, The Man With No Name, has set up camp nearby and plans to poison dogs and cats across the land, ruining Christmas for everyone. Imogen and Findlay stumble across an injured hedgehog and take him to Vetman's door, they have no idea that they are about to embark on an important mission to save more than just their spiky new friend. Together with Vetman and his brave bionic animal clan, they must take down The Man With No Name! This is the perfect Christmas escapade for animal and adventure lovers everywhere, in a bright, fun hardback package ideal for gifting. It is Noel Fitzpatrick's first book for younger readers, following his Sunday Times Bestselling memoirs Listening to the Animals: Becoming the Supervet and How Animals Saved My Life: Being the Supervet. Black-and-white illustrations bring the story to life.




Who Do I Look Like?


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Emergent Readers Learn How Some Offspring Look Similar To Their Parents While Others Do Not.




Curious Cats


Book Description

Introduces domesitc cats and describes how pet cats live.




125 Pet Rescues


Book Description

Presents true stories of shelter pets and abandoned animals that have been adopted and are being cared for, including cats, pigs, roosters, horses, and snakes.