The wasp that brainwashed the caterpillar : evolution's most unbelievable solutions to life's biggest problems /
by Simon, Matt; Stankovic, Vladimir, (Illustrator).
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BookPublisher: London : Headline, 2017Description: xii, 260 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781472242013 (pbk.) :; 1472242017 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 591.4 SIMSubject(s): Animals -- Adaptation | Evolution (Biology) | Popular Science | Popular Science and MathematicsSummary: 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.
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| 590.92 DIS What I don't know about animals | 590.941 TOM A field guide to the wildlife of the British Isles | 591.4 INS Inside nature's giants | 591.4 SIM The wasp that brainwashed the caterpillar : | 591.5 GRA Making animals happy: | 591.53 FOT The hunt : the outcome is never certain / | 591.56 COO Bitch : a revolutionary guide to sex, evolution and the female animal / |
Originally published: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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