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In nature, as in society, the parasites outnumber the hosts. John Janovy Jr. offers the parasites'' view of this situation. The result is smart, funny, and all too revealing. Elizabeth Kolbert, staff writer for The New Yorker and New York Times bestselling author of The Sixth Extinction

The answers to life's biggest questions can be found by looking at the little things

Though you may not be able to see them with the naked eye, parasitesminuscule life forms that live inside other organismsinhabit our everyday lives. From headlice to bird droppings, litterboxes to unfiltered water, you have brushed up against the most common way of life on our planet.

In this unique book, John Janovy Jr., one of the world's preeminent experts on parasites, reveals what humans can learn from the most reviled yet misunderstood animals on Earth: lice, tapeworms, flukes, and maggots that can eat a lizard from the inside, and how these lessons help us

Life Lessons from a Parasite

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      Publisher Sourcebooks, Inc
      Published 9/20/2024
      ISBN-13 9781728292526
      978-1728292526
      ISBN-10 1728292522
      Also in:
      Science & Nature Biology, life sciences

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In nature, as in society, the parasites outnumber the hosts. John Janovy Jr. offers the parasites'' view of this situation. The result is smart, funny, and all too revealing. Elizabeth Kolbert, staff writer for The New Yorker and New York Times bestselling author of The Sixth Extinction

      The answers to life's biggest questions can be found by looking at the little things

      Though you may not be able to see them with the naked eye, parasitesminuscule life forms that live inside other organismsinhabit our everyday lives. From headlice to bird droppings, litterboxes to unfiltered water, you have brushed up against the most common way of life on our planet.

      In this unique book, John Janovy Jr., one of the world's preeminent experts on parasites, reveals what humans can learn from the most reviled yet misunderstood animals on Earth: lice, tapeworms, flukes, and maggots that can eat a lizard from the inside, and how these lessons help us

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