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Fabre's Book of Insects

Fabre's Book of Insects

by Fabre, Jean Henri
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This volume, based on translations of Fabre's "Souvenirs Entomologiques, " blends folklore and mythology with factual explanation. Fabre's absorbing account of the scarab beetle's existence, for example, begins with the ancient Egyptians' symbolic view of this busy creature, eventually leading to a careful discussion of its characteristic method of rolling a carefully sculpted ball of food to its den. Elsewhere, he discusses with infectious enthusiasm the physiologic secrets behind the luminosity of fireflies, the musical talents of the locust, the comfortable home of the field cricket, and the cannibalism of the pious-looking praying mantis, among other topics.

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BrandDover Publications
Pub dateFeb 6, 1998
ISBN-100486401529
ISBN-139780486401522
Paperback192.0 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions8.47 × 0.38 × 5.38 in
Weight1 lb
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