ANIMAL GROSSOLOGY
The Science of Creatures Gross and Disgusting
by Sylvia Branzei
Illustrated by Jack Keely
80 full-color (!) pages
9 1/4 x 9 1/4
$12.99
ISBN 0-201-95994-1
Ages 8-14
"Humans make about one liter of saliva a day. A sheep or goat, up to
15
liters per day. Coming in first by producing almost 200 liters of saliva
daily—the cow."
"If you place a hagfish in a bucket of seawater, this animal drips so
much slime that a thick layer of mucus will float on the water after
several hours."
Eeeuw!
It's new!
It's really gross!
It's by the author of the mega-hit, bestselling
GROSSOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF REALLY GROSS THINGS!
Just when you thought it was safe...Animal Grossology's Sylvia Branzei
proves she still knows what fascinates—and really
disgusts—kids of all
ages. Sure, there's bird poop on the cover. Yeah, there's a lot of
information inside that can function as an appetite suppressant.
Fortunately, Branzei tosses into this icky concoction a heaping helping
of real and memorable scientific facts:
- How a fly eats (not for the faint of heart)
- How to learn—safely—from an owl pellet
- All about leeches
- Lifestyles of the assassin bug
- The abundant slime of the hagfish
- The lowdown on bedbugs
SYLVIA BRANZEI is a teacher, writer, and grossophile who lives in
Northern California in a house with very little plumbing. You may have
seen her on numerous national TV shows or in People magazine surrounded
by the bare feet of her students.
