Furtive Fauna: A Field Guide to the Creatures Who Live on You

by Roger M. Knutson

Book Overview

The author of the popular, offbeat book Flattened Fauna returns with a look at such fascinating fellows as the eyebrow mite and to tooth amoeba, not to mention the dreaded tropical chigoe, which can lay thousands of eggs in places you'd really rather not think about. This fully illustrated book gives a whole new meaning to the term "a perfect host".

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140153780
• ISBN13: 9780140153781
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Fun reading

My third grade daughter and I found this a fun and informative book. It takes some of the mystery out of the little creatures we live with.

Capitivate young readers with this one

Librarians and teachers looking for books for reluctant readers, take note of this title. With facts about fleas, mites and other tiny human-loving insects, this book will fascinate (and gross out) even the most resistant reader. Great for book talks, I've used this title in many school visits leaving everyone scratching furiously and begging for more.

You Will Never Be Alone.

Did you know that fleas are highly specie-specific (e.g., the fleas that prefer dogs don't like cats or people)? Did you know that the lice found on the bodies of people are completely different from the lice inhabiting the head or pubic region (a.k.a. crabs)? Do you care? Well, I do. This is a captivating book about the many little creatures which make us their home. From the little mites that eat dead skin cells to the various flora and fauna which reside in the digestive system, this book covers the lifeforms, good and bad, which have evolved with us just as we have evolved with them. As the old saying goes, we can't live without them and we can't live with them.