Hidden Creatures Luscious Leeches, Bashful Botflies, and the Wondrous, History - Shaping World of Parasites | 11.71 MB
Title: Hidden Creatures Luscious Leeches, Bashful Botflies, and the Wondrous, History - Shaping World of Parasites
Author: Dino Martins
Category: Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Biology, Nature, Animals
Language: English | 272 Pages | ISBN: 9780008753306
Description:
Welcome to the hidden, squirming world of parasites-some of the most misunderstood creatures with whom we share the Earth (and our bodies).
"Astonishing, eye-opening, and inspiring." -Chloe Dalton, author of Raising Hare
There is the tapeworm, which can grow 120 feet in length within the gut of a whale; the tsetse fly, a notorious vector of disease that can pierce the skin even of crocodiles with its needle-like mouth; and the most universal symbol of parasitic behavior: the leech. Long villainized as, well, parasitic, these creatures are actually a vital part of every ecosystem-and Dr. Dino Martins, an award-winning entomologist and biologist from Kenya, has made it his life's mission to demystify these beguiling beings.
Hidden Creatures is a journey across the world ten times over-from Martins's home in the wilds of East Africa to the rainforests of Borneo to cities and backyards across the globe. Along the...
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