Stuart Gibbs
Big Game
Stealth Science
Why this book counts
- Life Science
- Environment & Ecology
- Story / Adventure
- Nature Narrative / Field Discovery
- Maker / Problem-Solving
Big Game makes a pregnant, endangered greater one-horned rhinoceros the target at the center of Teddy Fitzroy's zoo mystery. Rhino biology, the value placed on horn, poaching pressure, and protective management explain both the stakes and the suspects' possible motives.
The science inside
- Animals & Zoology
- Conservation
Your child will meet:
- A threatened species can be especially vulnerable when each breeding animal contributes significantly to population recovery.
- Rhino horn is biological material whose black-market value fuels poaching despite having no need to be removed from the animal.
- Zoo security and animal management must account for both animal behavior and human threats.
- A conservation mystery is solved more reliably when motive is tested against physical and behavioral evidence.
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Parent effort: Quick discussion
Teddy Fitzroy returns as FunJungle's resident zoo sleuth when a rhinoceros is at risk in Big Game , a follow-up to Belly Up and Poached --which Kirkus Reviews called a "thrill-ride of a mystery." When someone takes aim at Rhonda Rhino, FunJungle's pregnant (and endangered) Asian greater one-horned rhinoceros, the zoo steps up security measures in order to protect this rare animal and her baby. But the extra security isn't enough--someone is still getting too close for comfort. Teddy and company start to suspect that whoever is after Rhonda is really after her horn, which is worth a lot of money on the black market. For the first time ever, the head of the zoo enlists Teddy for help--for once, he doesn't have to sneak around in order to investigate--and the results are even more wacky, and even more dangerous, than ever before.
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