This document provides comprehensive information on the Green Tree Python, an animal species native to rainforest environments. Authored by Dee Phillips and published by Bearport Publishing in August 2013, this 24-page guide details the unique biological characteristics of this reptile. It covers essential aspects such as its typical prey, including small mammals, birds, and lizards, and its reproductive behavior, noting that eggs are laid in concealed locations like tree hollows. The guide also highlights the Green Tree Python's remarkable camouflage abilities, which allow its green skin to blend seamlessly with foliage, and its post-meal behavior of resting for approximately two weeks. Furthermore, it delves into its hunting techniques, specifically constriction, and its sensory focus, encouraging scientific observation of images.
The purpose of this manual is to serve as a definitive resource for understanding and observing the Green Tree Python. It aims to foster the development of observation and critical thinking skills through detailed descriptions and visual aids. The document outlines the species' environmental interactions, particularly its preference for tropical rainforest conditions, and describes its characteristic resting posture of looping its body around a tree branch. This guide is intended for anyone seeking in-depth knowledge about the Green Tree Python's life cycle, behaviors, and ecological role within its habitat.
A long green snake has just finished a large meal. Now it loops its body around a tree branch and rests, its green skin helping it blend in with its treetop rain forest home. The beautiful snake is a green tree python, and now that it has fed, it will simply hang from a branch and relax for the next two weeks. Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of its second-grade audience, this colorful, fact-filled volume introduces young readers to the everyday life of a green tree python. What does the snake eat? How does it catch its prey? Where does it lay its eggs? And how do adults and young pythons stay safe from predators in the forest? Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to make scientific observations based on the book's images and answer questions about green tree pythons' lives and physical characteristics. This innovative approach to teaching about wild animals gives young scientists the chance not only to read and learn the facts, but also to develop their own powers of observation and critical thinking.
Author: Phillips, Dee
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Green Tree Python
Pages: 00024 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2013-08-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781617729096
Category: Nature : Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians
A long green snake has just finished a large meal. Now it loops its body around a tree branch and rests, its green skin helping it blend in with its treetop rain forest home. The beautiful snake is a green tree python, and now that it has fed, it will simply hang from a branch and relax for the next two weeks. Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of its second-grade audience, this colorful, fact-filled volume introduces young readers to the everyday life of a green tree python. What does the snake eat? How does it catch its prey? Where does it lay its eggs? And how do adults and young pythons stay safe from predators in the forest? Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to make scientific observations based on the book's images and answer questions about green tree pythons' lives and physical characteristics. This innovative approach to teaching about wild animals gives young scientists the chance not only to read and learn the facts, but also to develop their own powers of observation and critical thinking.
Author: Phillips, Dee
Publisher: Bearport Publishing
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Green Tree Python
Pages: 00024 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2013-08-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781617729096
Category: Nature : Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians
