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�...
| Main Author: | Davies, Nicola, 1958- |
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| Other Authors: | Layton, Neal (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Candlewick Press,
2007.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
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 own 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. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes index. |
| Physical Description: |
60 p. : col. ill. ; 16 x 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0763634603 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780763634605 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Author Notes: |
Nicola Davies was born on May 3, 1958. She is an English zoologist and writer. She was one of the original presenters of the BBC children's wildlife programme The Really Wild Show. She has also made her name as a children's author. Her books include Home, which was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award, and Poo (2004), which was illustrated by Neal Layton, and was shortlisted for a Blue Peter Book Award in 2006; in the United States, the book is published as Poop: A Natural History of the Unmentionable. She has also written several novels for adults under the pseudonym Stevie Morgan. Her title,The Promise, was shortlisted for the Kate Greenway Medal in 2015 for best illustrator. (Bowker Author Biography) |