Of cockroaches and crickets : learning to love creatures that skitter and jump
Title:
Of cockroaches and crickets : learning to love creatures that skitter and jump
Author:
Nischk, Frank, author.
ISBN:
9781771648721
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Die fabelhafte Welt der fiesen Tiere. English.
Physical Description:
xv, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
Originally published in German as Die fabelhafte Welt der fiesen Tiere in 2020.
Contents:
Beyond the cuted and cuddly -- Part I: The year of the cockroach -- Cockroaches instead of hummingbirds -- the no-so-German cockroach -- Higher and lower orders of animals -- Renting - and gilding - cockroaches -- Devoted parents -- In the footsteps of Fabre -- The cockroach tsunami -- What are cockroaches good for? -- Part II: Return to the rainforest -- Answering the call of love -- Welcome to the rainforest -- The village in the rainforest -- Tormented by crickets -- Opera in the rainforest -- Red legs, green legs -- Stalking a spider cricket -- Pain on a scale of 1 to 4 -- The invasion of the army ants -- Bidding adieu to San Pablo -- Part III: Giving nature a fighting chance -- The land falls silent -- Of spectacled bears, antpittas, and little stinkers -- A network of habitats, large and small -- Unexpected events in a gravel pit.
Abstract:
"For many people, cockroaches are the most pesky of pests. Not so for entomologist Frank Nischk. In this funny and fascinating book, Frank reveals his love and admiration for so-called "nasty" creatures like cockroaches, crickets, and more. He shows us that even seemingly terrifying insects are beautiful in their own way--and essential to all life on Earth." -- from Amazon.
