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Riskin, Dan.
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Animal behavior.
Predation (Biology)
Predatory animals.
Predatory insects.
Parasites.
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Riskin, Dan.
Animal behavior.
Predation (Biology)
Predatory animals.
Predatory insects.
Parasites.
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Mother
Nature
is
trying
to
kill
you : a
lively
tour
through
the
dark
side
of the
natural
world
/ Dan Riskin, PhD.
by
Riskin, Dan.
Simon & Schuster, c2014.
Call #:
591.5 R595m
Subjects
Animal behavior.
Predation (Biology)
Predatory animals.
Predatory insects.
Parasites.
ISBN:
9781476767130 (hc.)
Description:
272 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"A Touchstone book."
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"It may be a wonderful
world
, but as Dan Riskin (cohost of Discovery Canada's Daily Planet) explains, it's also a dangerous, disturbing, and disgusting one. At every turn, it seems, living things are
trying
to eat us, poison us, use our bodies as their homes, or have us spread their eggs. In
Mother
Nature
Is
Trying
to
Kill
You, Riskin is our guide
through
the
natural
world
at its most gloriously ruthless. Using the seven deadly sins as a road map, Riskin offers dozens of jaw-dropping examples that illuminate how brutal
nature
can truly be. From slothful worms that hide in your body for up to thirty years to wrathful snails with poisonous harpoons that can
kill
you in less than five minutes to lustful ducks that have orgasms faster than you can blink, these fascinating accounts reveal the candid truth about "gentle"
Mother
Nature
's true colors. Riskin's passion for the strange and his enthusiastic expertise bring Earth's most fascinating flora and fauna into vivid focus.
Through
his adventures- which include sliding on his back
through
a thick soup of bat guano just to get face-to-face with a vampire bat, befriending a parasitic maggot that has taken root on his head, and coming to grips with having offspring of his own-Riskin makes unexpected discoveries not just about the
world
all around us but also about the ways this brutal
world
has shaped us as humans and what our responsibilities are to this terrible, wonderful planet we call home."--Dust jacket.
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