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Plight of the Living Dead: What Real-Life Zombies Reveal About Our World—and Ourselves
By Simon, Matt
- ISBN
- 9780143131410 9781524705145
- Publisher
- Penguin
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Reviewed on September 1, 2018 | Science and Technology
Simon (The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar) introduces the world of zombies: not fictional creatures but real-life parasites that infect their hosts' brains and cause them to behave in bizarre and horrifying ways, with the goal of furthering the spread of the parasites' own species. Scientists estimate that at least half of Earth's animal species are parasites. There are wasps that stab cockroaches in the brain, then eat th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
