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003			OCoLC
005			20211223095913.0
008			200519s2021 nyua b 001 0 eng
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019			_a1192360646 _a1242970146 _a1247720932 _a1255416333 _a1256457499 _a1262790845
020			_a9780143134275 _qtrade paperback
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037			_bPenguin Group USA, Attn: Order Processing 405 Murray Hill Pkwy, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 07073-2136 _nSAN 201-3975
042			_apcc
092			_a595.77 _bB174
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aBalcombe, Jonathan, _d1959- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSuper fly : _bthe unexpected lives of the world's most successful insects / _cJonathan Balcombe.
264		1	_a[New York, New York] : _bPenguin Books, _c[2021]
300			_axi, 340 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : _billustrations (some color) ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 300-324) and index.
505	0		_apt. 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			_a"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	_aFlies.
650		0	_aFlies _xBehavior.
650		0	_aFlies _xAdaptation.
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