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1) What's eating you?: parasites--the inside story

Author

Davies, Nicola

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Accelerated Reader

IL: LG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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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...

2) The host: a novel

Author

Meyer, Stephenie

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 29

Language

English

Formats

Book, CD

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The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. But Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing...

3) Zombie makers: true stories of nature's undead

Author

Johnson, Rebecca L

Series

Junior Library Guild Selection

Publisher

Millbrook Press

Pub. Date

[2013]

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Introduces a select set of fungi, worms, viruses and wasps that invade the bodies and take over the brains of their victims.

4) Disgusting Food Invaders

Author

Owen, Ruth

Series

Up close and gross microscopic creatures

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Using a powerful microscope, scientists have zoomed in on food creatures to show them up close and in great detail.

5) Gross Body Invaders

Author

Owen, Ruth

Series

Up close and gross microscopic creatures

Publisher

Bearport Pub

Pub. Date

c2011

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1

Language

English

Description

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Describes parasites living on our bodies.

6) Observations of parasites of the fishes of Colorado: a summary of case findings and unique observations

Author

Walker, Peter G

Series

Technical publication volume no. 55

Publisher

Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Aquatic Research Section

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Appears on list

Recent Aquatic Publications

Formats

eBook, Non-Circulating Item, Online Content

7) Parasite rex: inside the bizarre world of nature's most dangerous creatures

Author

Zimmer, Carl

Publisher

Free Press

Pub. Date

2011, c2000

Language

English

Description

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Studies the evolution, characteristics, and dangers of parasites and explains how parasites have triggered the development of sex, shaped ecosystems, and affected world history.

8) Parasites of fishes in South Dakota

Author

Hugghins, Ernest J

Publisher

Brookings, S.D. : South Dakota State College Agr. Exp. Sta

Pub. Date

1959

Language

English

9) Animal parasites : their biology and life cycles

Author

Olsen, O. Wilford

Publisher

Burgess Publishing Co

Pub. Date

1962

Language

English

10) Sport fish research studies

Series

Federal aid in fish and wildlife restoration job progress report

Publisher

Colorado Parks & Wildlife, Aquatic Wildlife Research Section

Language

English

Appears on these lists

Aquatic federal aid reports
Recent Aquatic Publications

Formats

eBook, Local Library Checkout Only, Non-Circulating Item, Online Content

11) Gastrointestinal parasites in sheep and goats: frequently asked questions

Author

Van Metre, David C

Series

Livestock series. Health volume no. 8.019

Publisher

Colorado State University Extension

Pub. Date

2010.

Language

English

12) External parasites of swine

Author

McKean, James

Series

Service in action volume no. 8.008

Language

English

13) What lives on other animals?

Author

Woodward, John

Publisher

Gareth Stevens Pub

Pub. Date

2007

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2

Language

English

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This book introduces parasites that live on other animals, such as fleas, lice, mites, flies, mosquitoes, gnats, ticks, and leeches.

14) Bugs that live on animals

Author

Weir, Kirsten

Series

Bug alert

Publisher

Marshall Cavendish Benchmark

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

Description

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Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of insect parasites, including fleas, heartworms, and mites.

15) Parasites: latching on to a free lunch

Author

Fleisher, Paul

Series

Discovery! (Lerner)

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

16) Some common parasites of live stock in Colorado

Author

Babcock, O. G

Series

Bulletin volume 166A

Publisher

Colorado Agricultural College, Extension Service

Pub. Date

[1920]

Language

English

17) Foundations of parasitology

Author

Schmidt, Gerald D

Publisher

St. Louis, MO : C. V. Mosby Co

Pub. Date

1981

Language

English

18) Last chance

Author

Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew

Publisher

Tor Teen

Pub. Date

2017.

Accelerated Reader

IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14

Language

English

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In Creek's Cause, the Rain brothers and their friend Alexandra fight for humanity's survival as everyone over the age of eighteen turns into dangerous, zombie-like beings.