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From morning to midnight, these beautifully illustrated guides invite readers to spend a day with the animals and plants that inhabit the world's most fascinating environments.
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24 hours Mountain LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH, Welcome to the Andes, MELBOURNE, and DELHI Written and edited by Fleur Star Designed by Karen Hood Art Director Rachael Foster Publishing Manager Susan Leonard Category Publisher Mary Ling Picture Researcher Jo Walton Production Controller Lucy Baker DTP Designers Almudena Díaz, Emma Hansen-Knarhoi Jacket Designer Hedi Gutt Consultant Kerstin Swahn US Editor Margaret Parrish Published in the United States in 2007 by DK Publishing 375 Hudson Street New York, New York 10014 06 07 08 09 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Copyright © 2007 Dorling Kindersley Limited 6:00 am Dawn Introduction What’s up at 6 am? Above the tree line Paramo birds Andean armor page 4 page 6 page 8 page 10 10:00 am Morning What’s up at 10 am? page 14 Let us prey page 16 The big feast page 18 Lots of llamas page 20 page 12 A mountain is a harsh environment, yet many animals thrive up on the slopes. Spend 24 hours with some of them and discover how they eat, sleep, and survive on the tough terrain. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN-13: 978-0-7566-2215-2 ISBN-10: 0-7566-2215-8 Color reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore Printed and bound by L. Rex Printing Co. Ltd., China Discover more at www.dk.com the longest mountain range in the world. 2:00 pm Afternoon What’s up at 2 pm? page 22 Life in the lake page 24 Water birds page 26 Hot stuff page 28 6:00 pm Dusk What’s up at 6 pm? A viscacha’s view Little big cats Prowling pumas page 30 page 32 page 34 page 36 10:00 pm Night What’s up at 10 pm? page 38 Bearing up page 40 Night owl page 42 Just chin-chillin’ page 44 Glossary page 46 Lakes are typically found in a central Andean region called the Altiplano. There are also dry grasslands here, called puna. The lusher grasslands found in the north are called paramo. 3 24:00 hours In 24 Hours Mountain we spend a day and night in the Andes to look at the creatures that live up above the tree line. During the 24 hours, we return to the five animals shown on this page to see what they are doing. This book is set in the Altiplano region of the central Andes and on the paramo grasslands to the north. The Andes run down the whole of the west coast of South America. Culpeo The culpeo is also called the Andean red fox, but its red fur only develops as an adult. The cubs are sandy colored, which is good camouflage against predators. 4 Puma Also called mountain lions or cougars, pumas can be found all over the Andes. They live and hunt alone, except for mothers with their cubs. Introduction Andean condor The world’s largest birds of prey, these condors also have the biggest wingspan of any bird. But they have no voice boxes, so their call sounds like a cough. Scale Look out for scale guides as you read through the book to help you work out the size of the creatures you meet. They are based on children 3 ft 9 in (115 cm) tall. The changing seasons Vicuña Vicuñas are related to lla