Furtive Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures Who Live on You |  | Author: Roger M. Knutson
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 824669
Media: Paperback
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5 x 0.3
ISBN: 0898158273
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.96
EAN: 9780898158274
ASIN: 0898158273
Publication Date: August 1, 1996
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Product Description
The author of the popular, offbeat book Flattened Fauna returns with a look at such fascinating fellows as the eyebrow mite and to tooth amoeba, not to mention the dreaded tropical chigoe, which can lay thousands of eggs in places you'd really rather not think about. This fully illustrated book gives a whole new meaning to the term "a perfect host."
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 Fun reading December 27, 1999
Karen (Rockwall, TX)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
My third grade daughter and I found this a fun and informative book. It takes some of the mystery out of the little creatures we live with.
 Capitivate young readers with this one September 21, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Librarians and teachers looking for books for reluctant readers, take note of this title. With facts about fleas, mites and other tiny human-loving insects, this book will fascinate (and gross out) even the most resistant reader. Great for book talks, I've used this title in many school visits leaving everyone scratching furiously and begging for more.
You Will Never Be Alone. September 2, 1998
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Did you know that fleas are highly specie-specific (e.g., the fleas that prefer dogs don't like cats or people)? Did you know that the lice found on the bodies of people are completely different from the lice inhabiting the head or pubic region (a.k.a. crabs)? Do you care? Well, I do. This is a captivating book about the many little creatures which make us their home. From the little mites that eat dead skin cells to the various flora and fauna which reside in the digestive system, this book covers the lifeforms, good and bad, which have evolved with us just as we have evolved with them. As the old saying goes, we can't live without them and we can't live with them.
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