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Fearsome Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures That Live in You
 
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Fearsome Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures That Live in You (Paperback)

by Roger Knutson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 124 pages
  • Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd (7 Jul 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0716733862
  • ISBN-13: 978-0716733867
  • Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 11.5 x 0.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,086,725 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Hypochondriacs beware-- would you believe the nastiest creatures in the known universe live inside our bodies? Not content to just find a home and produce offspring in our internal space, parasites will drink our blood, eat our cells, and infest our muscles. There is very little that can be said in their favor, with perhaps one exception-- they are truly fascinating! "Fearsome Fauna "is a wickedly amusing and startlingly informative look into the secret world of these fascinating creatures. Perhaps the greatest biological success story of all time (there are more kinds of parasites than insects), parasites have found homes in the vast majority of people on earth and have learned to live in their environment without destroying it (usually). For readers who would like to meet these hardworking beasts-- or learn how to avoid them-- "Fearsome Fauna" tells you everything you always wanted to know about parasites but were too disgusted or terrified to ask.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great,funny,easy to read book introducing human parasites, 20 May 2002
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This little book introduces the human parasites that commonly infect us all. Not at all dry or written in a complicated or boring fashion, this is definately the book to read if you are at all interested in this subject and are a lay-man. By the same token, as a Medical Microbiologist, I found this book to be a refreshing funny yet factual approach to a subject that is not usually approached like this. Go buy it!!!
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