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''What really makes the book so engrossing is the weird and let's be frank occasionally horrifying behaviours that flies exhibit. There are flies that can eat raw oil and asphalt; others that can survive under the sea, or 5,700 feet down at the bottom of Lake Baikal; and there are even flies in Antarctica, where a quarter-inch midge represents the largest terrestrial animal on the entire continent...
The most compelling parts of McAlister's book are gruesome tales... after reading her book it is obvious: flies rock.'' --The Spectator
''That flies have secret lives will come as no surprise... And yet among them are marvels of peculiar form and bizarre behaviour. I would love to find antler flies sparring; or a bat fly 'swimming' through the fur of its host; or a giant Texan robberfly feeding on a hummingbird. Instead, if I can keep up with Erica's infectious verve, I will vicariously drink down her rich enthusiasm. I'll need a tough stomach, though.'
Book of the Month --BBC Wildlife
''It is [the] skilful coupling of erudition and enthusiasm that makes The Secret Life of Flies such a worthwhile book. It takes what for many readers is a known (flies) but not a well-understood (their astonishing diversity in form and ecological roles) subject and presents it in a manner that is both enlightening as well as entertaining.'' --The Well-Read Naturalist
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The most compelling parts of McAlister's book are gruesome tales... after reading her book it is obvious: flies rock.'' --The Spectator
''That flies have secret lives will come as no surprise... And yet among them are marvels of peculiar form and bizarre behaviour. I would love to find antler flies sparring; or a bat fly 'swimming' through the fur of its host; or a giant Texan robberfly feeding on a hummingbird. Instead, if I can keep up with Erica's infectious verve, I will vicariously drink down her rich enthusiasm. I'll need a tough stomach, though.'
Book of the Month --BBC Wildlife
''It is [the] skilful coupling of erudition and enthusiasm that makes The Secret Life of Flies such a worthwhile book. It takes what for many readers is a known (flies) but not a well-understood (their astonishing diversity in form and ecological roles) subject and presents it in a manner that is both enlightening as well as entertaining.'' --The Well-Read Naturalist
Enter a hidden world of snail killers, silly names and crazy sex in The Secret Life of Flies.
Entomolologist Erica McAlister dispels many common misconceptions and reveals how truly amazing, exotic and important these creatures really are. From hungry herbivores and precocious pollinators to robber flies, dance flies and the much maligned mosquito, she describes the different types of fly, their unique and often unusual characteristics, and the unpredictable nature of their daily life.
Erica travels from the drawers of wonder at the Natural History Museum, London to the mountains of Peru, via underground caves, smelly latrines and the English country garden. She discovers flies without wings, eyes on stalks, rotating genitalia and the terrible hairy fly, while pausing along the way to consider today's key issues of conservation, taxonomy, forensic entomology and climate change.
Combining her deep knowledge and love of flies with a wonderful knack for storytelling, Erica McAlister allows us to peer - amazed and captivated - into the secret life of flies.
Entomolologist Erica McAlister dispels many common misconceptions and reveals how truly amazing, exotic and important these creatures really are. From hungry herbivores and precocious pollinators to robber flies, dance flies and the much maligned mosquito, she describes the different types of fly, their unique and often unusual characteristics, and the unpredictable nature of their daily life.
Erica travels from the drawers of wonder at the Natural History Museum, London to the mountains of Peru, via underground caves, smelly latrines and the English country garden. She discovers flies without wings, eyes on stalks, rotating genitalia and the terrible hairy fly, while pausing along the way to consider today's key issues of conservation, taxonomy, forensic entomology and climate change.
Combining her deep knowledge and love of flies with a wonderful knack for storytelling, Erica McAlister allows us to peer - amazed and captivated - into the secret life of flies.
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- ÉditeurThe Natural History Museum
- Date d'édition2017
- ISBN 10 0565093363
- ISBN 13 9780565093365
- ReliureRelié
- Nombre de pages256
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The Secret Life of Flies
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Description du livre Etat : Very Good. 248, col illus. . HB. Vg in d/w. Enter a hidden world of snail killers, silly names and crazy sex - the author dispels many common misconceptions and reveals how truly amazing, exotic and important these creatures really are. From hungry herbivores and precocious pollinators to robberflies, danceflies and the much maligned mosquito, McAlister describes the different types of fly, their unique and often unusual characteristics, and the unpredictable nature of their daily life. She travels from the drawers of wonder at the Natural History Museum, to piles of poo in Ethiopia, via underground caves, smelly latrines and the English country garden. She discovers flies without wings, rotating genitalia and the terrible hairy fly, while pausing along the way to consider today's key issues of conservation, taxonomy, forensic entomology and climate change. Combining her deep knowledge and love of flies with a wonderful knack for storytelling, Erica McAlister allows us to peer - amazed and captivated - into the secret life of flies. [9780565093365]. N° de réf. du vendeur S52157
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