Hidden creatures : luscious leeches, bashful botflies, and the wondrous, history-shaping world of parasites /
There is the tapeworm, which can grow 120 feet in length withinthe gut of a whale; the tsetse fly, a notorious vector of disease that can pierce the skin even of crocodiles with its needle-like mouth; and the most universal symbol of parasitic behavior: the leech. Long villainized as, well, parasiti...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Martins, Dino J.
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2026.
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| Edition: | First hardcover edition. |
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