Texts Leticia Romeo Orradre Miguel Javier Pérez Arbiol Fernando Echarri Iribarren Editorial production Fernando Echarri Iribarren feiribarren@alumni.unav.es
Translations Stella Romero Martínez Paloma Martín Silva Alba Pérez-Ventana Rodríguez Design and layout Calle Mayor [cm@callemayor.es] ISBN: 978-84-615-1009-2 Depósito legal: 1951-2011
presentation What does it mean to learn to think? It means watching the world with curiosity, asking questions and trying to answer them. Surely you have noticed many times the world around us. But have you ever wondered why the giraffe has such a long neck or the ice floats? This book wants to help you think about the world we live in.
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hello! Watch these animals and plants, say hello to them and ask them. You will learn many things. 5
Animals that live in the land
Animals that live in the sea
Insects
Flying animals
Plants
Hello Turtle! 6
You can live up to 200 years old Why do your legs seem fins?
TURTLE
Hello Coral!
Are you a living being? 7
You are other animals’ home
CORAL
Hello Kingfisher!
Why is your bill so long?
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What a beautiful colours you have!
KINGFISHER
Hello Tuna! 9
Why do you swim so close to each other? You are always hungry!
TUNA
Hello Leopard! 10
Why do you have those teeth? You love sleeping on the trees
LEOPARD
Hello Beetle!
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Why is your body so tough? You are not a bird, but you can fly
BEETLE
Hello Dragonfly!
Why do you weigh so little? 12
You look like an helicopter
DRAGONFLY
Hello Spider!
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Why do you spin a spiderweb? Wow, you have 8 legs!
SPIDER
Why do you live on the trees?
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How fast you are!
Hello Squirrel!
SQUIRREL
Hello Polar Bear! Why are you so white? 15
With so much fur you are never cold
POLAR BEAR
Hello Dolphin! 16
How do you breathe? You love playing in the water
DOLPHIN
Hello Rhino!
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What do you use your horn for? You are really big, but you only eat plants
RHINO
Hello Koala! 18
What do you use your big claws for? You love eucalyptus leaves!
KOALA
Hello Praying Mantis!
Why do you look like a green twig?
Your name is like this because you always seem to be praying
PRAYING MANTIS
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Hello Barn Owl!
Why do you hunt at night? 20
You have a very good hearing you use to hunt
BARN OWL
Hello Puffin!
Why do you have so many fishes in your bill?
You live in very dangerous cliffs
PUFFIN
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Hello Orangutan!
Why are your arms so long? 22
You carry your baby very well!
ORANGUTAN
Hello Llama!
Why do you have so much fur on your body?
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To protect yourself you spit at others
LLAMA
Hello Caterpillar!
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Why don’t you have two legs? You will be a butterfly soon
CATERPILLAR
Hello Fawns!
Why don’t you have horns? 25
You have spots on your back to camouflage yourself
FAWNS
Hello Clownfish!
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Why do you have those bright colours?
You rather live in the sea than in an aquarium
CLOWNFISH
Hello Ladybird!
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Why do you have wings? You can even live at the top of the mountains
LADYBIRD
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Hello Bald Eagle! You are the king of the birds of prey Why is your bill so strong and curved?
BALD EAGLE
Hello Otter! 29
Why do you swim so well? You love eating crabs
OTTER
Hello Bear!
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Why do you eat everything?
You are a great fisher
BEAR
Hello Hummingbird!
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Why do you move your wings so fast? You eat the nectar of the flowers
HUMMINGBIRD
Hello Frog!
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Why are your legs so long? You always live near water
FROG
Hello Mouse!
Why do you have those ears?
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You are so tiny that it is difficult to see you
MOUSE
Hello Wolf!
Why do you hunt in a pack? 34
At night you howl to seek other wolves
WOLF
Hello Landscape!
Why don’t you have any vegetation?
It's so hot here!
LANDSCAPE
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Hello Puma!
Why do you climb up the rocks? 36
You belong to the cat family
PUMA
Hello Lion!
Why do you sleep so still?
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You are the king of the jungle
LION
Hello Grasshopper!
Why are your legs so long and folded? 38
You use your antenna to find your way and identify the dangers
GRASSHOPPER
Hello Fox!
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Why aren’t you cold? You are the smartest animal of the forest
FOX
Hello Giraffe! 40
Why do you have such a long neck? You use your long black tongue to clean your ears
GIRAFFE
Hello Starfish!
Why do you live close to the bottom of the sea or to the rocks? 41
You like moving on the sea deeps
STARFISH
Hello Ant! Why can you lift so much weight? 42
You are such an incredible worker
ANT
Hello Sea Horse!
How can you hold youself, if you don’t have hands?
You change your colour to hide from other animals
SEA HORSE
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Hello Zebra!
What do you use your stripes for? 44
The mane on your neck is very hard
ZEBRA
Hello Toad! 45
Why do you have to be always wet? Your body is full of warts
TOAD
Hello Snake!
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Why do you move your tongue so much? You are very quick and quiet
SNAKE
Hello Sloth!
Why are you named this way?
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You are always hanging from trees
SLOTH
Hello Skunk! Why do you smell so bad sometimes? 48
Sometimes you share your home with foxes and raccoons
SKUNK
Hello Caribou!
Why do you have those big horns that fall and grow again every year? 49
Every winter you travel to warmer places
CARIBOU
Hello Bee!
Why do you like colourful flowers so much? 50
You live in well-organized families
BEE
Hello Egyptian Vulture! Why don’t you have feathers on your face? 51
You nest on cliff ledges or in small caves
EGYPTIAN VULTURE
Hello Eagle Owl!
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Why are your eyes so big?
Turning your head you can see what you have behind
EAGLE OWL
Hello Seagull! 53
Why does it seem that your eyes are painted? You are always flying along the coast
SEAGULL
Hello Stork!
Why are your legs so long and thin? 54
You build your nest on the top of the churches
STORK
Hello Orchid!
Why do you have the form of an insect?
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You are very fragile, we shall protect you
ORCHID
Hello Foal! Why don’t you move away from your mother? 56
When you are born, it only takes you 2 hours to learn how to walk
FOAL
Hello Butterfly!
Why do you look like a leaf? 57
Your life is very short, just few days
BUTTERFLY
Hello Snail!
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Why do you carry your home?
Although you don’t have feet, you go wherever you want
SNAIL
Hello Cricket!
Why do you sing this way?
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When we go to the countryside we always hear you singing
CRICKET
Hello Cactus! 60
Why do you have thorns? You can store water inside you
CACTUS
Hello Fish!
How can you breathe in the water?
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You are a thousand colours
FISH
Hello Moray! 62
Why do you hide in the rocks? You look like a fish but you don’t have scales
MORAY
Hello Water Rat!
Why do you have the same color as the leaves? 63
You are a perfect swimmer
WATER RAT
Hello Robin! Why are you so fat in winter? 64
When your feathers are old, you change them for new ones
ROBIN
Hello Sea Lion!
Why do you live in group?
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You are all day lying in the sun
SEA LION
Hello Flower!
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Why do you have such beautiful colours? How beautiful you are in spring!
FLOWER
Hello Bumblebee!
Why are you so hairy?
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When you fly, the noise you make is called buzzing
BUMBLEBEE
Hello Gecko!
Why can you climb up the walls? 68
You lose your tail to run away from your hunters
GECKO
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Turtle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Orangutan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Coral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Llama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Kingfisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Caterpillar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tuna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Fawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Leopard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Clownfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Beetle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Ladybird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dragonfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Bald Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Spider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Otter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Squirrel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Polar Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Hummingbird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Dolphin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Frog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Rhino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Koala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Wolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Praying Mantis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Barn Owl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Puma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Puffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
index Grasshopper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Stork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Orchid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Giraffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Colt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Starfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Snail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Sea Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Cricket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Zebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cactus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Toad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Snake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Moray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sloth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Water Rat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Skunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Robin Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Caribou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Sea Lion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Bee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Flower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Egyptian Vulture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Bumblebee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Owl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Gecko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seagull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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