Download or read book Nasty Parasites written by Roxanne Troup and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parasites are some of the nastiest creatures on earth. They will do anything to survive, including pirating nutrients and using mind control. Follicle mites feast on human skin cells. The corpse flower steals its host's DNA and the stickleback tapeworm tricks its host into becoming dinner. Parasites have adapted to every environment on earth and in the sea, but are these tiny creatures nature's monsters or do they play an important role in our ecosystem? Through intriguing photographs and accessible text, readers will dig into the science of parasites and explore how these creatures shape history.
Download or read book Pesky Parasites written by William Anthony and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parasites are a nasty part of a healthy ecosystem, thriving off the nutrients of their hosts while their host is hurt in exchange. While they aren't beneficial to the host, understanding where parasites come from and how they infect the body is important for young readers. Through the vivid photographs complemented by comments from illustrated teaching companions, young readers get an introduction to not just where these nasty creatures come from, but how readers can avoid infection. Young scientists will read along with the fun illustrated characters who encourage a better understanding of what a parasite is.
Download or read book Gross and Disgusting Parasites written by Julie K. Lundgren and published by Gross and Disgusting Things. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all about different kinds of sickening parasites. Discover fascinating facts, from the cousins of tongue-eating lice to how brainworms get inside animals. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read.
Download or read book Round worms written by Barbara J. Ciletti and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to roundworms, a parasite which can live and grow inside humans.--
Download or read book Tapeworms written by Barbara Ciletti and published by Black Rabbit Books. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through dynamic infographics, charts, up-close photos, and strong reading level control, this title explores the lives of tapeworms, the creepy parasites that might be living near you. Tiny critters in your hair. Wiggling worms in your gut. Grossed out yet? Awful, Disgusting Parasites will have readers examining these nasty organisms, including where they thrive and how they impact people. Great books for hitting Next Gen Science standards. With diagrams, "fun" facts, and other infographics, readers won't be able to look away from these hi/lo books.
Download or read book Parasite Rex written by Carl Zimmer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE parasites control the minds of their hosts, sending them to their destruction. IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE parasites are masters of chemical warfare and camouflage, able to cloak themselves with their hosts' own molecules. IMAGINE A WORLD WHERE parasites steer the course of evolution, where the majority of species are parasites. WELCOME TO EARTH. For centuries, parasites have lived in nightmares, horror stories, and in the darkest shadows of science. Yet these creatures are among the world's most successful and sophisticated organisms. In Parasite Rex, Carl Zimmer deftly balances the scientific and the disgusting as he takes readers on a fantastic voyage. Traveling from the steamy jungles of Costa Rica to the fetid parasite haven of southern Sudan, Zimmer graphically brings to life how parasites can change DNA, rewire the brain, make men more distrustful and women more outgoing, and turn hosts into the living dead. This thorough, gracefully written book brings parasites out into the open and uncovers what they can teach us about the most fundamental survival tactics in the universe.
Download or read book Malaria Parasites written by Barbara Ciletti and published by Black Rabbit Books. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through dynamic infographics, charts, up-close photos, and strong reading level control, this title explores the lives of malaria parasites, the creepy buggers that might be living near you. Tiny critters in your hair. Wiggling worms in your gut. Grossed out yet? Awful, Disgusting Parasites will have readers examining these nasty organisms, including where they thrive and how they impact people. Great books for hitting Next Gen Science standards. With diagrams, "fun" facts, and other infographics, readers won't be able to look away from these hi/lo books.
Download or read book Head Lice written by Margaret Mincks and published by Black Rabbit Books. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through dynamic infographics, charts, up-close photos, and strong reading level control, this title explores the lives of head lice the creepy parasites that might be living near you. Tiny critters in your hair. Wiggling worms in your gut. Grossed out yet? Awful, Disgusting Parasites will have readers examining these nasty organisms, including where they thrive and how they impact people. Great books for hitting Next Gen Science standards. With diagrams, "fun" facts, and other infographics, readers won't be able to look away from these hi/lo books.
Download or read book Human Parasitic Diseases Sourcebook written by Stephen A. Berger and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2006 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides tools to aid physicians in diagnosing parasitic diseases. As the world becomes more international regional parasites are now being globalized. This book covers well known parasitic diseases such as malaria and pinworm but also covers new emerging parasitic diseases. Provides practical information on diagnosis and treatment of over 100 parasites, some never collected together into a single source.
Download or read book Parasites written by Rosemary Drisdelle and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden away within living tissues, parasites are all around us—and inside us. Yet, despite their unsavory characteristics, as we find in this compulsively readable book, parasites have played an enormous role in civilizations through time and around the globe. Parasites: Tales of Humanity’s Most Unwelcome Guests puts amoebae, roundworms, tapeworms, mites, and others at the center of the action as human cultures have evolved and declined. It shows their role in exploration, war, and even terrorist plots, often through an unpredictable ripple effect. It reveals them as invisible threats in our food, water, and luggage; as invaders that have shaped behaviors and taboos; and as unexpected partners in such venues as crime scene investigations. Parasites also describes their evolution and life histories and considers their significant benefits. Deftly blending the sociological with the scientific, this natural and social history of parasites looks closely at a fascinating, often disgusting group of organisms and discovers that they are in fact an integral thread in the web of life.
Download or read book Horrible Science Nasty Nature written by Nick Arnold and published by Scholastic UK. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NASTY NATURE is packed with the deadliest, most disgusting and nastiest things that nature has to offer. Only read on if you're ready to find out: how vampire bats slurp blood, how to dodge a man-eating tiger and which Japanese fish dish can kill you. Redesigned in a bold, funky new look for the next generation of HORRIBLE SCIENCE fans.
Download or read book The Gross Science of Lice and Other Parasites written by Keith J. Olexa and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They live in clothes, on hair, on skin, they live under the skin, in guts, in blood. They're parasites, and they're really into us. But what are these small, squirmy, highly successful organisms? How did they evolve to live inside other organisms, to consume, sicken, and even kill them? Readers will enter the engrossing inner world of bugs, worms, and microbes, explore their riveting life cycles, and discover how these tiny creatures topple civilizations and ruin lives. Readers will learn how to avoid infection or infestation, and what to do if parasites have let themselves in.
Download or read book The Parasite Menace written by Skye Weintraub and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000-09-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parasites. The word typically conjures images of impoverished living conditions, foreign travel or questionable eating establishments. But the presence of parasites is much more common than most people think. Contaminated water supplies, poor hygiene, and ignorance, coupled with the presence of various commonly found parasites puts infection rates among North Americans as high as 85 percent, according to some experts. In The Parasite Menace, Dr. Skye Weintraub educates the reader about parasites: how to prevent infection, detect their presence, and rid ourselves of them by through diet and nutrition, herbal and supplemental therapies, and other natural practices. Dr. Weintraub also examines proper hygiene practices, water filters, proper food handling, immune system fortification, and other ways to decrease our risk of being infected with parasites.
Download or read book Ticks written by Margaret Mincks and published by Bolt!. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through dynamic infographics, charts, up-close photos and strong reading level control, this title explores the lives of ticks the creepy parasites that might be living near you.
Download or read book What s Eating You written by Eugene H. Kaplan and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-04 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In What's Eating You? Eugene Kaplan recounts the true and harrowing tales of his adventures with parasites, and in the process introduces readers to the intimately interwoven lives of host and parasite. Kaplan has spent his life traveling the globe exploring oceans and jungles, and incidentally acquiring parasites in his gut. Here, he leads readers on an unforgettable journey into the bizarre yet oddly beautiful world of parasites. In a narrative that is by turns frightening, disgusting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Kaplan describes how drinking contaminated water can cause a three-foot-long worm to burst from your arm; how he "gave birth" to a parasite the size and thickness of a pencil while working in Israel; why you should never wave a dead snake in front of your privates; and why fleas are attracted to his wife. Kaplan tells stories about leeches feasting on soldiers in Vietnam; sea cucumbers with teeth in their anuses that seem to encourage the entry of symbiotic fish; the habits of parasites that cause dysentery, river blindness, and other horrifying diseases--and much, much more. Along the way, he explains the underlying science, including parasite evolution and host-parasite physiology. Informative, frequently lurid, and hugely entertaining, this beautifully illustrated book is a must-read for health-conscious travelers, and anyone who has ever wondered if they picked up a tapeworm from that last sushi dinner.
Download or read book Bedbugs written by Margaret Mincks and published by Black Rabbit Books. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through dynamic infographics, charts, up-close photos, and strong reading level control, this title explores the lives of bedbugs, the creepy parasites that might be living near you. Tiny critters in your hair. Wiggling worms in your gut. Grossed out yet? Awful, Disgusting Parasites will have readers examining these nasty organisms, including where they thrive and how they impact people. Great books for hitting Next Gen Science standards. With diagrams, "fun" facts, and other infographics, readers won't be able to look away from these hi/lo books.
Download or read book The 10 Most Revolting Parasites written by Lisa Clark and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles ten parasites that live on or in the bodies of other animals.
