Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Sting of the WildCondition: NewEAN: 9781421419282ISBN: 9781421419282Publisher: Johns Hopkins University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 07/10/2016Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Width: 27mmItem Weight: 476gAuthor: Justin O. SchmidtLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1421419289Description: Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt is on a mission. Some say it's a brave exploration, others shake their heads in disbelief. His goal? To compare the impacts of stinging insects on humans, mainly using himself as the gauge. In The Sting of the Wild, the colorful Dr. Schmidt takes us on a journey inside the lives of stinging insects, seeing the world through their eyes as well as his own. He explains how and why they attack and reveals the powerful punch they can deliver with a small venom gland and a "sting," the name for the apparatus that delivers the venom. We learn which insects are the worst to encounter and why some are barely worth considering. The Sting of the Wild includes the complete Schmidt Sting Pain Index, published here for the first time. In addition to a numerical ranking of the agony of each of the eighty-three stings he's sampled so far (from below 1 to an excruciatingly painful 4), Schmidt describes them in prose worthy of a professional wine critic: "Looks deceive. Rich and full-bodied in appearance, but flavorless" and "Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch nail embedded in your heel."Schmidt explains that, for some insects, stinging is used for hunting: small wasps, for example, can paralyze huge caterpillars and then lay their eggs inside so that their larvae can feast within. Others are used to kill competing insects, even members of their own species. Humans usually experience stings as defensive maneuvers used by insects to protect their nest mates. With colorful descriptions of each venom's sensation and a story that leaves you tingling with awe, The Sting of the Wild's one-of-a-kind style will fire your imagination.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Home Garden & PetsTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Sting of the Wild
Title: The Sting of the Wild
EAN: 9781421419282
ISBN: 9781421419282
Release Date: 07/10/2016
Release Year: 2016
ISBN-10: 1421419289
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Sting of the Wild
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Topic: Animals / Insects & Spiders, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates, Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Science, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 16.8 Oz
Item Length: 8.8 in
Author: Justin O. Schmidt
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover
