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Zombie makers : true stories of nature's undead /

Examines real-life accounts of zombies in nature, including a fly-enslaving fungus, a suicide worm, and a cockroach-taming wasp and related topics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Rebecca L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2013]
Series:Exceptional science titles for intermediate grades.
Subjects:
Parasites > Juvenile literature.
Host-parasite relationships > Juvenile literature.
Parasites.
Host-parasite relationships.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Are they real?
  • A fungus among us
  • The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out
  • Can we eat the babysitter?
  • Going viral
  • Try me, you'll like me
  • Epilogue: How do zombie makers do what they do?
  • Fun stuff to explore
  • Glossary.