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Book SynopsisFancy meeting a foot-long centipede or a spider the size of your dinner plate? Willing to let the world''s weirdest and most fascinating minibeasts join you on your sofa?Then allow Jess French to lead you head first through the unbelievable world of invertebrates and explore their incredible adaptations, from dancing scorpions and blood-sucking moths to zombie spiders and slime-shooting worms.Marvel at how minibeasts have evolved to survive in almost every describable habitat. Discover the fascinating ways they find food, mate, fight, hide and collaborate in even the most extreme conditions! And pore over more than 250 breathtakingly detailed photographs of astonishing invertebrates.With her unparalled zeal for minibeasts, Jess will enlighten you on the most fascinating and intense aspects of the minibeast world, revealing everything from cloaks made of corpses to mid-flight kamikaze mating.
Table of ContentsIntroducing minibeasts
Part One: Eat Mouthparts Finding food Ingenious feeders Farmers Pollination Bloodsuckers
Part Two: Prey Attack Chase me, chase me Ambush Venom Super silk Web of deceit Traps
Defence Projectiles Camouflage Marvellous mimics Colour me toxic Escape artists Brute force
Part Three: Love Courtship Choosing a mate Ensuring paternity Anatomy Love songs Fancy footwork Slugs and snails
Caring for the young Birthday presents Birthday cakes Nests Mum’s the word Devoted dads Cuckoos
Glossary Author acknowledgements Photo credits Index
