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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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      Publisher Headline Publishing Group
      Published 21 September 2017
      ISBN-13 9781472242013
      978-1472242013
      ISBN-10 1472242017
      Also in:
      Humour Science & Nature Popular science Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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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