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The Dark!: Wild Life in the Mysterious World of Caves

by Lindsey Leigh

Life in the cave dark

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Life in the cave dark

Caves are presented as living environments with their own forms of adaptation. Lindsey Leigh introduces young readers to cave-dwelling animals, from bats and salamanders to leeches, beetles, and the Mexican tetra, explaining features such as reduced pigmentation, loss of eyes, and long antennae. The range includes both aquatic and land-dwelling creatures, with examples drawn from caves around the world. The book’s subject brings together animal diversity and the ways organisms respond to life in darkness, making cave ecosystems the organizing thread of its natural-history exploration.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in animals and natural history
  • Children curious about caves and unusual adaptations
  • Readers aged 9–12 looking for nonfiction about nocturnal animals

Themes

Cave ecosystemsAnimal adaptationsNocturnal and subterranean wildlifeBiodiversity

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Book overview

Crawl into the deepest corners of caves across the world and learn about the wonderfully weird creatures that live their lives in the dark!

Did you know that some creatures that live in the dark have adapted to have no eyes? Or that some dark dwellers have extra long antennae so they can feel their way around their homes? Have you ever seen a troglobite? There many different types of troglobites including the fearless waterfall-climbing cave fish, the mutant Mexican tetra, and the mystifying olm.

Author and illustrator Lindsey Leigh introduces young readers to some of the weirdest and creepiest critters that thrive in the darkest corners of our planet in her uniquely funny and graphic style. This fact-filled book reveals the different ways that creatures of the dark have adapted to thrive in their environments, including slow movement and loss of pigment in their bodies to blend in with their surroundings. Readers will get to know aquatic cave leeches, tailless whip scorpions, cave beetles, the devil's hole pupfish, worms, salamanders, and all kinds of bats.

Praise for Lindsey Leigh's The Deep!
"A buoyant undersea venture. Leigh draws her teeming wildlife in accurate detail."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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