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Extraordinary Insects - Weird. Wonderful. Indispensable. the Ones Who Run Our World. (Paperback)
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Extraordinary Insects - Weird. Wonderful. Indispensable. the Ones Who Run Our World. (Paperback)
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*The Sunday Times Bestseller* 'Extraordinary Insects is a joy' The
Times A Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year 2019 A journey into
the weird, wonderful and truly astonishing lives of the small but
mighty creatures who keep the world turning. Out of sight,
underfoot, unseen beyond fleeting scuttles or darting flights,
insects occupy a hidden world, yet are essential to sustaining life
on earth. Insects influence our ecosystem like a ripple effect on
water. They arrived when life first moved to dry land, they
preceded - and survived - the dinosaurs, they outnumber the grains
of sand on all the world's beaches, and they will be here long
after us. Working quietly but tirelessly, they give us food, uphold
our ecosystems, can heal our wounds and even digest plastic. They
could also provide us with new solutions to the antibiotics crisis,
assist in disaster zones and inspire airforce engineers with their
flying techniques. But their private lives are also full of fun,
intrigue and wonder -musical mating rituals; house-hunting for
armies of beetle babies; metamorphosing into new characters;
throwing parties in fermenting sap; cultivating fungi for food;
farming smaller species for honey dew and always ensuring that what
is dead is decomposed, ready to become life once again. Here, we
will discover life and death, drama and dreams, all on a
millimetric scale. Like it or not, Earth is the planet of insects,
and this is their extraordinary story.
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