By Gary Paulsen
Boys, separated through the canyons of time and enormously various cultures, face the demanding situations in which they're going to develop into men.
Coyote Runs, an Apache boy, takes half in his first raid. yet he's to be a guy for just a brief time.
More than 100 years later, whereas camping out close to puppy Canyon, 15-year-old Brennan Cole turns into keen about a cranium that he reveals, pierced by way of a bullet. He learns that it's the cranium of an Apache boy finished by way of squaddies in 1864. a paranormal hyperlink joins Brennan and Coyote Runs, and Brennan understands that neither boy will locate peace till Coyote Runs' cranium is carried again to an old sacred place.
In a grueling trip throughout the canyon to come back the cranium, Brennan confronts the problem of his lifestyles.
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When there is no food aboveground, frogs band together and stir up the mud at the bottom of their pond. This helps them find any tiny creatures that might be hiding there. Really desperate frogs will eat anything, anytime—even one another. Green frog Leopard frog 38 How do frogs swallow their food? With their eyes! After a frog catches a fly or other prey in its mouth, it blinks. This presses the eyeballs down against the roof of the mouth. The roof bends and pushes the food down into the frog’s stomach, all in the blink of an eye!
If their skin is not moist, they can’t breathe—and they suffocate. Are all frogs noisy at night? No, just the males. Both male and female frogs have vocal cords in their throats, just as we do. But in most species, only the males produce the sounds. They do this by pumping air over their vocal cords. To make the sounds louder, the frogs puff up their throats like balloons. They use these calls to attract females. 6 km) away. Where are frogs during the day? Some are hiding. These frogs keep cool and damp under rotting tree stumps, piles of leaves, mounds of mud, and around wells, docks, or bridges.
Then, it raises its tail and arches its back. , the smelly, oily liquid shoots out from under the skunk’s tail. How far can a skunk spray? Up to 12 feet (4 m). The smell chokes nearby animals and they flee. Even worse, the odor can last many days—as people who live in the country know only too well. As bad as the smell is, the spray itself is even worse. If it strikes an eye, the spray can cause burning and temporary blindness. Even one whiff can bring on a stomachache! Which skunk enemy doesn’t mind the smell?
