The Compleat Cockroach: A Comprehensive Guide to the Most Despised (And Least Understood) Creature on Earth
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glade1
of McLeansville, North Carolina USA on 2/1/2016
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
glade1 of McLeansville, North Carolina USA on 2/1/2016 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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Picked up at the used book store a while back on a whim. The only animal that will send me screaming like the girl that I am is a cockroach. I got this in hopes of learning some appreciation for this icky creature, plus I just like reading books about unusual subjects. From the back cover:
Cockroaches. You either love 'em or, like most people, you hate 'em. Indeed, a government study declared the humble roach America's most hated creature, ahead of mosquitoes, wasps, and even rattlesnakes. With this book, David George Gideon...sets out to change all that. Cockroaches, we learn, are intelligent, hardworking, and well-groomed, as well as being one of the oldest and most successful beings on Earth (340 million years old, and able to withstand a nuclear blast). They've been the subject of paintings and poetry, starred in major motion pictures, and made appearances everywhere from the halls of Congress to the Apollo XII command module. The Compleat Cockroach tells it all.
Cockroaches. You either love 'em or, like most people, you hate 'em. Indeed, a government study declared the humble roach America's most hated creature, ahead of mosquitoes, wasps, and even rattlesnakes. With this book, David George Gideon...sets out to change all that. Cockroaches, we learn, are intelligent, hardworking, and well-groomed, as well as being one of the oldest and most successful beings on Earth (340 million years old, and able to withstand a nuclear blast). They've been the subject of paintings and poetry, starred in major motion pictures, and made appearances everywhere from the halls of Congress to the Apollo XII command module. The Compleat Cockroach tells it all.
Interesting book that covers a lot of ground about cockroaches. While I think it led me to a greater appreciation of their uniqueness and their place in nature, I'm still not convinced to love the ones that show up in our buildings! I wish the book had contained photographs rather than drawings, but have few other criticisms of it.
Journal Entry 3 by glade1 at Greensboro Science Center in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Sunday, March 27, 2016
glade1 at Greensboro Science Center in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Sunday, March 27, 2016
Released 8 yrs ago (3/26/2016 UTC) at Greensboro Science Center in Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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