Sex on Six Legs - Hardcover

Zuk, Marlene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 015101373X ISBN 13: 9780151013739

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011

Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date: 07 2011 Pages: 272 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Insects have inspired fear the Fascination and Enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behavior even with AINS often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity - personality. language. and childcare - with completely different pathways from our own What is going on inside the mind of those ants that march like boot-camp graduates across your kitchen floor How does the lead ant know exactly where to take his colony. to that one eadcrumb that your nightly sweep missed Can insects be taught new skills as easily as your new puppy

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Product Description:

Insects have inspired fear, fascination, and enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behaviour, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activity - personality, language, and childcare - with completely different pathways from our own? What is going on inside the mind of those ants that march like boot-camp graduates across your kitchen floor? How does the lead ant know exactly where to take his colony, to that one breadcrumb that your nightly sweep missed? Can insects be taught new skills as easily as your new puppy?

Review:

"Incest, democracy, tyranny, sexual cannibalism: insects have them all, and more. In "Sex on Six Legs", Marlene Zuk gives insects, the animal kingdom's unseen majority, their full, marvelous due."--Carl Zimmer, author of "The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution "and "A Planet of Viruses"

"Smart, engaging...Zuk approaches her subject with such humor and enthusiasm for the intricacies of insect life, even bug-phobes will relish her account."- "Publishers Weekly, " starred

"Incest, democracy, tyranny, sexual cannibalism: insects have them all, and more. In "Sex on Six Legs", Marlene Zuk gives insects, the animal kingdom's unseen majority, their full, marvelous due."--Carl Zimmer, author of "The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution "and "A Planet of Viruses"

"Smart, engaging...Zuk approaches her subject with such humor and enthusiasm for the intricacies of insect life, even bug-phobes will relish her account."- "Publishers Weekly, " starred

"Smart, engaging...Zuk approaches her subject with such humor and enthusiasm for the intricacies of insect life, even bug-phobes will relish her account."
- "Publishers Weekly, " starred

..".one of the most readable books about insect behavior...Zuk has the uncanny ability to take what most of us consider just plain creepy and turn it into the fascinating and the revelatory."
-"Booklist" "A global sampling of the clever lives and loves of our six-legged friends. Zuk's chapters, particularly on social insects, are rich in examples... Plenty of intriguing questions to ponder as Zuk informs adults in a droll style that may also turn on younger readers. After all, entomology is still a field that can begin, as it did for her, with venturing into the yard to collect stuff in a glass jar."
-"Kirkus Reviews""Incest, democracy, tyranny, sexual cannibalism: insects have them all, and more. In "Sex on Six Legs," Marlene Zuk gives insects, the animal kingdom's unseen majority, thei

"Sex on Six Legs" "waxes exuberant [on insects] over nine consistently delightful chapters... [Zuk is] wry, mischievous and conversational. The book can be unsettling at times, but it persistently aroused in this reviewer a wriggling, six-legs-up delight."
--"New York Times Book Review

""Smart, engaging...Zuk approaches her subject with such humor and enthusiasm for the intricacies of insect life, even bug-phobes will relish her account."
- "Publishers Weekly, " starred

..".one of the most readable books about insect behavior...Zuk has the uncanny ability to take what most of us consider just plain creepy and turn it into the fascinating and the revelatory."
-"Booklist""A global sampling of the clever lives and loves of our six-legged friends. Zuk's chapters, particularly on social insects, are rich in examples... Plenty of intriguing questions to ponder as Zuk informs adults in a droll style that may also turn on younger readers. After all, entomology is still a field that can begin, as it did for her, with venturing into the yard to collect stuff in a glass jar."
-"Kirkus Reviews""Incest, democracy, tyranny, sexual cannibalism: insects have them all, and more. In "Sex on Six Legs," Marlene Zuk gives insects, the animal kingdom's unseen majority, their full, marvelous due."
-Carl Zimmer, author of "The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution "and "A Planet of Viruses"

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 015101373X
• ISBN 13: 9780151013739
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272