El extraño mundo de las criaturas más peligrosas de la naturaleza
From the wet jungles of Costa Rica to the fetid environment of the rebellious areas of southern Sudan, Carl Zimmer guides us through a journey through the parasite universe, a world in which we live unconsicable. He discovers that not only are they the most successful life forms on Earth, but they promote the development of sex, shape ecosystems and are the engine of evolution. Zimmer shows how much these organisms have evolved and describes the terrifying ease with which they can devour their hosts and even control their behavior, such as the sinister Sacculina carcini, which sets into an unfortunate crab and devours everything but what their host needs to take food to his mouth, which will be consumed by him; or the single-celled creature Toxoplasma gondii, which can invade the human brain and influence its behavior to ensure its survival.
For Zimmer, humanity itself is a new...read more
