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  • Mites and lice, fleas, ticks, and tapeworms most living creatures that have a habitat also are a habitat, including you (are you itchy yet?). Unwelcome guests parasites are everywhere, from the barnacles hitching a ride on a humpback whale s head to the tiny flies that control a bee s brain and make it literally dig its own grave. Now an expert team returns for an in-depth look at how these insidious critters do it, whether it s leaping aboard moving targets or morphing their body shapes, and what their unwitting hosts have learned to do to fight back and reclaim their space.

    • What's Eating You?: Parasites-The Inside Story by Nicola Davies

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    Author:
    Nicola Davies
    Binding:
    Paperback
    Book Type:
    Nonfiction
    Grade Content:
    5
    Lexile:
    1100
    Accelerated Reading Level:
    6.4
    Subject:
    Science
    Standard:
    S5L1. Explain how organisms are classified scientifically.
    Copyright:
    2009

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    Mites and lice, fleas, ticks, and tapeworms most living creatures that have a habitat also are a habitat, including you (are you itchy yet?). Unwelcome guests parasites are everywhere, from the barnacles hitching a ride on a humpback whale s head to the tiny flies that control a bee s brain and make it literally dig its own grave. Now an expert team returns for an in-depth look at how these insidious critters do it, whether it s leaping aboard moving targets or morphing their body shapes, and what their unwitting hosts have learned to do to fight back and reclaim their space.

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    Author Nicola Davies
    Binding Paperback
    Book Type Nonfiction
    Grade Content 5
    Lexile 1100
    Accelerated Reading Level 6.4
    Subject Science
    Standard S5L1. Explain how organisms are classified scientifically.
    Copyright 2009

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