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Lessons on Life, Love, and Language from the Insect World
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
August 2011
On Sale: July 20, 2011
272 pages
ISBN: 015101373X
EAN: 9780151013739
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Insects have inspired fear, fascination, and enlightenment for centuries. They are capable of incredibly complex behavior, even with brains often the size of a poppy seed. How do they accomplish feats that look like human activityβ personality, language, childcareβwith completely different pathways from our own? What is going on inside the mind of those ants that march like boot-camp graduates across your kitchen floor? How does the lead ant know exactly where to take her colony, to that one bread crumb that your nightly sweep missed? Can insects be taught new skills as easily as your new puppy? Sex on Six Legs is a startling and exciting book that provides answers to these questions and many more. With the humor of Olivia Judsonβs Dr. Tatianaβs Sex Advice to All Creation, Zuk not only examines the bedroom lives of creepy crawlies but also calls into question some of our own long held assumptions about learning, the nature of personality, and what our own large brains might be for.
 Media BuzzFresh Air - NPR - August 15, 2011
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