{"product_id":"tentacle-mysteries-9781778402258","title":"Tentacle Mysteries","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for STEM bookshelves comes a fascinating celebration of cephalopods past, present, and future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid you know that Earth’s first giant animal—\u003ci\u003eEndoceras giganteum\u003c\/i\u003e—lived two hundred million years before the first dinosaur? Or that some of the most common fossils are not trilobites or tyrannosaurs but coiled seashells called ammonites?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese marvelous extinct animals belonged to the same group as modern squid and octopus: the cephalopods. Although cephalopods are twice as ancient as dinosaurs and every bit as fascinating, people have only recently started paying attention to them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTentacle Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e, debut author and illustrator Danna Staaf brings readers on a time-traveling underwater voyage of discovery. Readers will discover:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow cephalopods evolved over hundreds of millions of years (from shelled ancestors to modern octopuses, squid, cuttlefish, and nautiluses).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow fossils and rock layers are used to reconstruct Earth’s past and major mass extinctions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow cephalopod “superpowers” work in simple biological terms (jet propulsion, ink, camouflage, buoyancy, hearts, blood).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow science is done in real life and how different cultures have interpreted cephalopod fossils and “sea monsters,” and so much more!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou will never look at an octopus the same way again!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Danna Staaf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49053369991419,"sku":"9781778402258","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/tentacle-mysteries-9781778402258","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}