The Sting of the Wild by Justin O. Schmidt (English) Hardcover Book

Description: The Sting of the Wild by Justin O. Schmidt Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description With colorful descriptions of each venoms sensation and a story that leaves you tingling with awe, The Sting of the Wilds one-of-a-kind style will fire your imagination. Publisher Description Entomologist Justin O. Schmidt is on a mission. Some say its a brave exploration, others shake their heads in disbelief. His goal? To compare the impacts of stinging insects on humans, mainly using himself as the gauge. In The Sting of the Wild, the colorful Dr. Schmidt takes us on a journey inside the lives of stinging insects, seeing the world through their eyes as well as his own. He explains how and why they attack and reveals the powerful punch they can deliver with a small venom gland and a "sting," the name for the apparatus that delivers the venom. We learn which insects are the worst to encounter and why some are barely worth considering. The Sting of the Wild includes the complete Schmidt Sting Pain Index, published here for the first time. In addition to a numerical ranking of the agony of each of the eighty-three stings hes sampled so far (from below 1 to an excruciatingly painful 4), Schmidt describes them in prose worthy of a professional wine critic: "Looks deceive. Rich and full-bodied in appearance, but flavorless" and "Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch nail embedded in your heel."Schmidt explains that, for some insects, stinging is used for hunting: small wasps, for example, can paralyze huge caterpillars and then lay their eggs inside so that their larvae can feast within. Others are used to kill competing insects, even members of their own species. Humans usually experience stings as defensive maneuvers used by insects to protect their nest mates. With colorful descriptions of each venoms sensation and a story that leaves you tingling with awe, The Sting of the Wilds one-of-a-kind style will fire your imagination. Author Biography Justin O. Schmidt is a biologist at Southwestern Biological Institute and is associated with the Department of Entomology at the University of Arizona. He is the coeditor of Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators. Details ISBN 1421419289 ISBN-13 9781421419282 Title The Sting of the Wild Author Justin O. Schmidt Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 280 Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press GE_Item_ID:97562151; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9781421419282

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Book Title: Sting of the Wild

Number of Pages: 280 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Item Height: 1 in

Publication Year: 2016

Topic: Animals / Insects & Spiders, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Life Sciences / Zoology / Invertebrates, Life Sciences / Zoology / Entomology

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Nature, Science, Biography & Autobiography

Item Weight: 16.8 Oz

Author: Justin O. Schmidt

Item Length: 8.8 in

Item Width: 5.8 in

Format: Hardcover