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  title info:
    title: Hidden creatures
    sub title: luscious leeches, bashful botflies, and the wondrous, history-shaping world of parasites
  name:
    name part: Martins, Dino J.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Informational works
  genre: Instructional and educational works
  genre: Informational works.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2026
    edition: First hardcover edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: viii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  abstract: 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, parasitic, these creatures are actually a vital part of every ecosystem--and Dr. Dino Martins, an award-winning entomologist and biologist from Kenya, has made it his life's mission to demystify these beguiling beings. Hidden Creatures is a journey across the world ten times over--from Martins's home in the wildsof East Africa to the rainforests of Borneo to cities and backyardsacross the globe. Along the way we encounter brilliant and eccentric experts who join Martins on his adventures to investigate not onlyparasites but their hosts, from hyraxes and hippos to, of course, humans.
  target audience: adult
  note: Dino Martins.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-323).
  subject:
    topic: Parasites
  subject:
    topic: Parasitism
  subject:
    topic: Parasites
  subject:
    topic: Parasitisme
  subject:
    topic: Parasites
  subject:
    topic: Parasitism
  classification: QL757 .M336 2026
  classification: 591.7/857
  identifier: 9780593804667
  identifier: 059380466X
  record info:
    record content source: TOH
    record creation date: 260311
    record change date: 20260715154504.7
    record identifier: in00005787363
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng