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Author:
Simon, Matt, author.
Title:
The wasp that brainwashed the caterpillar : evolution's most unbelievable solutions to life's biggest problems / Matt Simon ; illustrated by Vladimir Stankovic.
Publisher:
Penguin Books,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations
Subject:
Adaptation (Biology)
Predatory animals.
Parasites.
Electronic books.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
Examines a range of evolutionary adaptations in the animal world considered unusual, strange, and inexplicable, such as the pearlfish which uses the sea cucumber's anus for protection, or the "Glyptapanteles" wasp which manages to mind-control a caterpillar to protect its eggs and young.
Indexed by:
Publishers Weekly, 9/12/2016
ISBN:
0698411250
9780698411258
Locations:
0YSX353 -- Hampton-Dumont High School (Hampton)

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