Of cockroaches and crickets : learning to love creatures that skitter and jump / Frank Nischk ; foreword by Carl Safina ; translated by Jane Billinghurst.
Nischk, Frank, author.; Billinghurst, Jane, 1958- translator.; Safina, Carl, 1955- writer of foreword.; EBSCOhost
2023
QL463 .N57 2023
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Title Of cockroaches and crickets : learning to love creatures that skitter and jump / Frank Nischk ; foreword by Carl Safina ; translated by Jane Billinghurst.
Author Nischk, Frank, author.
Uniform Title Fabelhafte Welt der fiesen Tiere. English.
ISBN 9781771648738
1771648732
9781771648721
1771648724
Published Vancouver : Greystone Books, 2023
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Language Note Text in English, translated from the German.
Description 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number QL463 .N57 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 595.72
Note Originally published in German as Die fabelhafte Welt der fiesen Tiere in 2020.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-210) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Billinghurst, Jane, 1958- translator.
Safina, Carl, 1955- writer of foreword.
Added Corporate Author EBSCOhost
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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.

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