Michael Stock

Fur, Fleas, and Flukes

The Fascinating World of Parasites

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Shedding light on the unseen world around us, Fur, Fleas, and Flukes reveals the role parasites play in shaping the lives of wild mammals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 145mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9781487509224
• ISBN-10: 1487509227
• Artikelnr.: 70290340

Autorenporträt

By Michael Stock

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Of Wolves and Worms
1. Pinworms, Primates, and Porcupines: How Parasites Travelled the World
2. Stone Cold Killers: Trichinella in the Arctic
3. Who’s Your Daddy? Lice on Great Apes
4. Giants Crawl among Us: Giant Liver Flukes
5. Of Beetles and Beavers
6. Stranded Whales: A Fluke Accident?
7. How the Zebra Got Its Stripes
8. Ornaments and Parasites
9. The Night of the Vampire
10. Your Brain on Worms: Nature’s Biological Weapon
11. The Tale of the Tape: The World’s Longest Parasite
12. Death by Raccoon
13. Blood, Moths, and Tears
14. The Manchurian Parasite
15. A Ghost of a Chance
16. Sex and the Single Schistosome
17. The Trickster: Coyotes and Their Parasites
18. Fleas: The Inside Story
Conclusion: The Greatest Show on Earth
Index