What's eating you?: parasites, the inside story

Mites and lice, fleas, ticks and tapeworms -- most living creatures that have a habitat also are a habitat, including you (are you itchy yet?). Unwelcome guests -- parasites -- are everywhere, from the barnacles hitching a ride on a humpback whale's head to the tiny flies that control a bee...

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1. Verfasser: Davies, Nicola 1958- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Layton, Neal 1971- (IllustratorIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Somerville, Massachusetts Candlewick Press 2009
Ausgabe:First U.S. paperback edition
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Zusammenfassung:Mites and lice, fleas, ticks and tapeworms -- most living creatures that have a habitat also are a habitat, including you (are you itchy yet?). Unwelcome guests -- parasites -- are everywhere, from the barnacles hitching a ride on a humpback whale's head to the tiny flies that control a bee's brain and make it literally dig its owns grave. Now an expert team returns for an in-depth look at how these insidious critters do it, whether it's leaping aboard moving targets or morphing their body shapes, and what their unwitting hosts have learned to do to fight back and reclaim their space
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:60 pages many colour illustrations 16 x 25 cm
ISBN:0763645214
9780763645212
9780329748333
0329748335

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