Description

For fans of WHAT IF? and NEW SCIENTIST comes this brilliantly funny and informative look at the stranger side of evolution.

Featuring:

The Zombie ants mind-controlled by a fungus

Beautiful salamanders that can regenerate any part of their bodies, including their brains

The mantis shrimp, which fires its club-like appendage so fast that the surrounding water becomes as hot as the surface of the sun

The Antechinus, whose runaway testosterone levels cause them to have so much sex during their three-week mating season that they bleed internally, go blind, and drop dead...

Featuring quirky illustrations and the signature blend of science smarts and humour that make Matt Simon's Wired column so entertaining, this is an ideal stocking-filler for every popular science aficionado...

The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar

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For fans of WHAT IF? and NEW SCIENTIST comes this brilliantly funny and informative look at the stranger side of... Read more

    Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
    Publication Date: 21/09/2017
    ISBN13: 9781472242013, 978-1472242013
    ISBN10: 1472242017

    Number of Pages: 272

    Non Fiction , Popular Science

    Description

    For fans of WHAT IF? and NEW SCIENTIST comes this brilliantly funny and informative look at the stranger side of evolution.

    Featuring:

    The Zombie ants mind-controlled by a fungus

    Beautiful salamanders that can regenerate any part of their bodies, including their brains

    The mantis shrimp, which fires its club-like appendage so fast that the surrounding water becomes as hot as the surface of the sun

    The Antechinus, whose runaway testosterone levels cause them to have so much sex during their three-week mating season that they bleed internally, go blind, and drop dead...

    Featuring quirky illustrations and the signature blend of science smarts and humour that make Matt Simon's Wired column so entertaining, this is an ideal stocking-filler for every popular science aficionado...

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