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E-grāmata: Things That Make You Go Yuck!: Crooked Critters [Taylor & Francis e-book]

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Profiles animals and insects that have developed adaptations and behaviors that would be considered offensive if performed by humans, including trespassing, making loud noises, and bullying.

"Nature doesn't always play nice, and "Things That Make You Go Yuck: Criminal Masterminds" showcases some of the worst offenders in the plant and animal kingdom. You'll meet trespassing toads, insects in disguise, brood-borrowing cuckoos, and many more. It's a rogue's gallery of some of nature's roughest, meanest species. Whether it's nature's slimiest organizations or the weirdest mutations, "Things That Make You Go Yuck!" celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in nature, proving once and for all that life in the wild is anything but ordinary."--

Nature doesn't always play nice, and Things That Make You Go Yuck: Crooked Critters showcases some of the worst offenders in the plant and animal kingdom. You'll meet trespassing toads, insects in disguise, brood-borrowing cuckoos, and many more. It's a rogue's gallery of some of nature's roughest, meanest species. Whether it's nature's slimiest organizations or the weirdest mutations, Things That Make You Go Yuck! celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in nature, proving once and for all that life in the wild is anything but ordinary.
Introduction 1(4)
Chapter 1 Big Bad Bullies
5(14)
Chapter 2 Mobsters
19(14)
Chapter 3 Breaking and Entering
33(14)
Chapter 4 Disturbing the Peace
47(14)
Chapter 5 Maniacs and Madmen
61(14)
Chapter 6 Identity Thieves and Frauds
75(14)
Bibliography 89(14)
About the Authors 103
By day, Jenn Dlugos writes science textbooks, assessments, and lab manuals for grades K-12. By night, she writes comedy screenplays, stage plays, and other ridiculous things with her Things That Make You Go Yuck! coauthor, Charlie Hatton. Her favorite creepy crawlies are spiders.

Charlie Hatton is a bioinformatician, science fan, and humorist living in the Boston area. Charlie enjoys working with genetic and other data to support cancer research, learning about new and interesting scientific areas, and referring to himself in the third person in biographical blurbs. Charlie has collaborated with Jenn Dlugos to coauthor the Things That Make You Go Yuck! science book series, as well as several other, far more ridiculous, projects.