Publisher's Synopsis
A study of animal architects.;In the rainforests of eastern Australia the male satin bowerbird builds an exotic love nest to attract his mate. In Africa, cubiterme termites build columns capped with umbrella-shaped roofs to keep off the rain. The North American bowl-and-doily spider spins an intricate double web trap to catch its prey... All over the world and for a variety of purposes, birds, beasts, fish and insects are busy building. In colour pictures, each with a brief explanation, this book depicts some of the most inventive and intriguing of these animal architects and their buildings.;Bert Kitchen has won the International Graphic Prize, Fiera di Bologna for "Animal Numbers", and also illustrated "Animal Alphabet", "Mythical Creatures", "Tenrec's Twigs", "Pig in a Barrow", "Somewhere Today" and "When Hunger Calls".
