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

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

Nicola, Davies

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2007

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

Terme de vedette-matière
Parasites.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Layton, Neal,

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780545622448

Informations de publication
New York : Scholastic Inc, 2007


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Johnny Bright578.6 DAVBook31455000239557Non-Fiction