My faux review of "Mites: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior". Sorry, couldn´t help myself...
The authors start off be railing against something
they call "vertebrate chauvinism". OK, so just because Proctor and
Walter didn't get their research grant this year, just because they are stuck
in their bug period, just because the world at large finds apes, lions and
Timothy Treadwell a trifle more interesting than ticks, we are VERTEBRATE CHAUVINISTS.
Nice try, Walter.
Next, we are treated to an extremely technical, non-popularized book filled with weird words no human vertebrate can possibly memorize. I feel sorry for the anti-chauvinists who have to sift through this at their evening classes.
No, this is definitely not a good book, unless you're grandmother was a tick. Which she wasn't (trust me).
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