Headless Males Make Great Lovers
& Other Unusual Natural Histories
Crump, Marty; illustrations by Alan Crump Publisher: University of Chicago Press, USA
Year Published: 2005
Pages: 200pp ISBN: 978-0-226-12202-1
Library of Congress Number: QL751.C8825 2005 Dewey: 590--dc22
Resource Type: Book
Essays on curious creatures and their behaviours.
Abstract:
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Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Ain't Love Grand!
Rampant Machismo
Come Up and See My Etchings
Sneakers and Deceivers
Headless Males Make Great Lovers
Trading Food For Sex
Any Partner Will Do
2. The Mamas and the Papas
Survival of the Pampered
Nests Aren't Just for the Birds
Babies on Board
A Pouch Full of Miracles
Left Holding the Egg
3. Eat to Live and Live to Eat
Blood Meals: From Bat to Tick Attacks
Earth's Sanitizers
One Person's Pleasure Is Another Person's Poison
The Incredible Edible Egg
Life in an Organic Soup
Angling Lures: Masters of Deception
Stomping for Worms
A Team Effort: How (some) Ants Get Food
4. Don't Tread on Me
Chameleons of the Sea
Tears of Blood
Casting the Insides Out
Sit 'n' Spray
Venom: Serpents' Fangs
Venom: Centipede and Spider Fangs
Venom: Spines, Stingers, and Stinging Cells
Borrowed and Stolen Defenses
Masquerading as Debris
5. Ya Don't Say
Take Cover!
Living Flashlights
Rapturous and Rapacious Reptiles
Smelling Is Understanding
Love Potion Number Nine
It Pays to Be Neighborly
Parting Thoughts
Appendix: Scientific Classification
References Consulted and Suggested Reading
Index
Topics
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