{"id":1755,"date":"2025-02-07T05:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T13:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2025-02-06T14:51:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:51:20","slug":"genius-ears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/genius-ears\/","title":{"rendered":"Genius Ears"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Genius Ears: A Curious Animal Compendium<\/em>
\nby Lena Anlauf (Author), Vitali Konstantinov (Illustrator), Marshall Yarbrough (Translator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Ears can do much more than just pick up sound waves. In the animal kingdom, ears are sometimes an animal\u2019s strongest asset! For example, a fleeing black-tailed jackrabbit uses the position of its ears to help it confuse its pursuers and get away from danger. Some animals can close their ears to protect their bodies or use them to cool down or stay warm. Whether long, tuft, or goblin, ears can tell a lot about animals and their habits and habitats.<\/p>\n

Which animal has the longest ears relative to its size? Which animal communicates through surprisingly high-pitched chirping sounds? And which animal can pinpoint the location of its prey using only its ears? Readers will find out all this and much more in this middle grade book filled with unique and unusual facts.<\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2025 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved. (*bookstore affiliate<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Genius Ears: A Curious Animal Compendium by Lena Anlauf (Author), Vitali Konstantinov (Illustrator), Marshall Yarbrough (Translator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Ears can do much more than just pick up sound waves. In the animal kingdom, ears are sometimes an animal\u2019s strongest asset! For example, a fleeing black-tailed jackrabbit uses the position of its ears … <\/p>\n

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