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"Every living thing has at least one parasite that lives inside it or on it. Many, like leopard frogs and humans, have many more. There’s a parrot in Mexico with thirty different species of mites on its feathers alone. And the parasites themselves have parasites, and some of those parasites have parasites of their own.
Scientists have no idea just how many species of parasites there are, but they do know one dazzling thing: parasites make up the majority of species on Earth. According to one est ...more
Scientists have no idea just how many species of parasites there are, but they do know one dazzling thing: parasites make up the majority of species on Earth. According to one est ...more
This was a fantastic read. Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal about Our World--And Ourselves was excellent & more fun. I gave it a 5 star review, but this one covers areas it missed & in a different way. It focused more on how parasites are a necessary part of the environment. In some ways, it reminded me of I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life which I also gave a 5 star review. That also made the point that we evolved with & depend on the
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