Dino J Martins: Hidden Creatures, Gebunden

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Meet Dr. Dino Martins, an awarding-winning entomologist of Kenya's Turkana Basin, where life was born. His specialty is the hidden, squirming world of parasites--some of the most misunderstood and important creatures with whom we share the Earth (and our bodies).

Martins introduces us to the tapeworm, which can grow 120 feet in length within the guts of whales; to the tsetse fly, a notorious vector of disease that can pierce even the skin of crocodiles with its needlelike mouth; and to the most universal symbol of parasitic behavior, the leech. This is a journey across the world ten times over, and along the way we encounter the brilliant and eccentric experts who join Martins on his adventures and investigate not only parasites but their hosts, from hyraxes and hippos to, of course, humans. Immersive, entertaining, and driven by an utterly infectious curiosity, Hidden Creatures has the magnetic force of a David Attenborough documentary and is a new nature classic in the making.