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

Title
What's eating you? : parasites--the inside story

Personal Author EPSB
Nicola, Davies

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.

Year Published
2007

Physical Description
60 pages : color illustrations ; 16 x 25 cm.

Subject
Parasites.

Added Author
Layton, Neal,

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.

ISBN
9780545622448

Publisher
New York : Scholastic Inc, 2007


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Johnny Bright578.6 DAVBook31455000239557Non-Fiction