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Barcode30293102386211
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call No591.7857 Mart
TitleHidden creatures : luscious leeches, bashful botflies, and the wondrous, history-shaping world of parasites / Dino Martins.
AuthorMartins, Dino, author.
CollectionNF
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Clark County30293102386211591.7857 Mart7/30/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780593804667 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 059380466X (hardcover)
Personal Name Martins, Dino, author.
Title Statement Hidden creatures : luscious leeches, bashful botflies, and the wondrous, history-shaping world of parasites / Dino Martins.
Edition Statement First hardcover edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2026.
Physical Description viii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-323).
Formatted Contents Note Introduction: Seeing the unseen -- Practical pinworms, happy hookworms, and remarkable roundworms -- Marvelous maggots -- Lovable liver flukes and bountiful bloodworms -- Magnificent mosquitoes and perfect plasmodia -- Beautiful bedbugs and likable lice -- Fabulous fleas -- Mysterious mites and titillating ticks -- Bashful botflies -- Terrific tapeworms -- Luscious leeches -- Parable of the leech -- Parasites rising (and falling) -- Acknowledgments -- Notes.
Summary, Etc. "There is the tapeworm, which can grow to 120 feet in long within the guts of whales; the tsetse fly, a notorious vector of disease that can pierce even the skin of crocodiles with its needlelike mouth; and the most universal symbol of parasitic behavior: the leech. Long villainized as, well, parasitic, these creatures are actually a vital part of every ecosystem -- and Dr. Dino Martins, an award-winning entomologist and biologist from Kenya, has made it his life's mission to demystify these beguiling beings. Hidden Creatures is a journey across the world ten times over -- from Martins's home in the wilds of East Africa to the rainforests of Borneo to cities and backyards across the globe. Along the way we encounter brilliant and eccentric experts who join Martins on his adventures to investigate not only parasites but their hosts, from hyraxes and hippos to, of course, humans"-- Jacket flap.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Parasites.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Insects Parasites.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Insects as carriers of disease.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Parasitism.
Index Term-Genre/Form Informational works.

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