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LEADER: 02683cam 2200589 i 4500
001 ocn852226598
003 OCoLC
005 20180806230904.0
008 130903s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng
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019 $a864545776$a870906249
020 $a9781476707549$q(hbk.)
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035 $a(OCoLC)852226598$z(OCoLC)864545776$z(OCoLC)870906249
037 $bSimon & Schuster, Order Dept 100 Front st, Riverside, NJ, USA, 08075$nSAN 200-2442
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050 00 $aQL758$b.R57 2014
082 00 $a591.5/3$223
100 1 $aRiskin, Dan.
245 10 $aMother Nature is trying to kill you :$ba lively tour through the dark side of the natural world /$cDan Riskin, PhD.
250 $aFirst Touchstone hardcover edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2014.
300 $a260 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $a"A Touchstone book."
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-252) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Georgia on my mind -- Lions don't kill zebras. Zebras kill zebras -- Meat robots screwing one another -- over -- Just another day in parasite paradise -- Eat and be eaten -- Of thieves and sneaker males -- Venoms and extinctions -- Rise up, meat robots.
520 $aUsing the seven deadly sins as a road map, Riskin offers dozens of jaw-dropping examples that illuminate how brutal nature can truly be and shows ways this deadly world has shaped us as humans and what our responsibilities are to this terrible, wonderful planet we call home.
650 0 $aPredation (Biology)
650 0 $aPredatory animals.
650 0 $aPredatory insects.
650 0 $aParasites.
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655 4 $aNonfiction.
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