{"product_id":"sexy-orchids-make-lousy-lovers-marty-crump-9780226121857","title":"Sexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers \u0026 Other Unusual Relationships","description":"\u003cp\u003eVampire bats that regurgitate blood for roosting buddies. Mosquitoes that filch honeydew droplets from ants. Reptiles that enforce chastity on their lovers with copulatory plugs. Capuchin monkeys that use millipede secretions as mosquito repellent. The natural world is full of unusual relationships, and negotiation between life-forms striving to survive is evolution at its most diverse, entertaining, and awe-inspiring. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicking up where her highly popular \u003ci\u003eHeadless Males Make Great Lovers \u003c\/i\u003eleft off, tropical field biologist Marty Crump takes us on another voyage of discovery into the world of unusual natural histories, this time focusing on extraordinary interactions involving animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria. \u003ci\u003eSexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp; Other Unusual Relationships\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the ceaseless give-and-take between species. Occasionally, both interacting parties benefit, like when hornbills and dwarf mongooses hunt together for food. Other times, like when mites ride in hummingbirds' nostrils to reach their next meal of nectar, one individual benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. But sometimes one individual benefits at the expense of the other; you need only recall your last sinus infection to understand how that works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, Crump brings her trademark spunk and zest to these stories of intimate exchange. She introduces readers to penguins that babysit, pseudoscorpions that ride and mate under the wings of giant harlequin beetles, and parasitic fungi that bend insects to their will. A lively companion to Crump's earlier work, \u003ci\u003eSexy Orchids Make Lousy Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u0026amp; Other Unusual Relationships\u003c\/i\u003e captures the bizarre and befuddling aspects of the behavior of animals, plants, and microbes. After this entertaining romp through the world of natural relationships, you'll never look at an orchid the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marty Crump\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226121852\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226121857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.40w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/0010 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010","brand":"Marty Crump","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064792592639,"sku":"9780226121857","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf37b61d-b422-4b07-83a5-73463e1c09b2.jpg?v=1768671083","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sexy-orchids-make-lousy-lovers-marty-crump-9780226121857","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}