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100 1 Balcombe, Jonathan,|d1959-|eauthor.
245 10 Super fly :|bthe unexpected lives of the world's most
successful insects /|cJonathan Balcombe.
264 1 New York :|bPenguin Books,|c[2021]
264 4 |c©2021
300 xi, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
|billustrations ;|c21 cm
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia
338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-324) and
index.
505 0 pt. I. What flies are. God's favorites ; How flies work ;
Are you awake? (Evidence for insect minds) -- pt. II. How
flies live. Parasites and predators ; Blood-seekers ;
Waste disposers and recyclers ; Botanists ; Lovers -- pt.
III. Flies and humans. Heroes of heritability ; Vectors
and pests ; Detectives and doctors ; Caring about flies.
520 "For most of us, the only thing we know about flies is
that they're annoying, and our usual reaction is to try to
kill them. In Super Fly, the myth-busting biologist
Jonathan Balcombe shows the order Diptera in all of its
diversity, illustrating the essential role that flies play
in every ecosystem in the world as pollinators, waste-
disposers, predators, and food source; and how flies
continue to reshape our understanding of evolution. Along
the way, he reintroduces us to familiar foes like the
fruit fly and mosquito, and gives us the chance to meet
their lesser-known cousins like the Petroleum Fly (the
only animal in the world that breeds in crude oil) and the
Chocolate Midge (the sole pollinator of the Cacao tree).
No matter your outlook on our tiny buzzing neighbors,
Super Fly will change the way you look at flies forever.
Jonathan Balcombe is the author of four books on animal
sentience, including the New York Times bestselling What A
Fish Knows, which was nominated for the PEN/E.O. Wilson
Award for Science Writing. He has worked for years as a
researcher and educator with the Humane Society to show us
the consciousness of other creatures, and here he takes us
to the farthest reaches of the animal kingdom"--|cProvided
by publisher.
650 0 Flies.
650 0 Flies|xBehavior.
650 0 Flies|xAdaptation.
650 7 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General.|2bisacsh
650 7 Flies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00927282
650 7 Flies|xBehavior.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00927283
650 7 SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General.|2bisacsh
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