Every Creeping Thing, Richard Conniff
Every Creeping Thing, Richard Conniff
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Every Creeping Thing
True Tales of Faintly Repulsive Wildlife

Author: Richard Conniff

Narrator: Richard M. Davidson

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/20/2014

Categories: Nonfiction, Nature


Synopsis

Popular natural history writer Richard Conniff received much acclaim for his earlier book, Spineless Wonders: Strange Tales from the Invertebrate World. In the same vein, Every Creeping Thing is a fascinating look at some of nature's most misunderstood creatures. Traveling the world over, Conniff shatters popular myths and shares extraordinary truths about unfairly maligned animals. For instance, little brown bats help curb mosquito numbers by eating one every six seconds. Despite a reputation as maneaters, sharks ignore all but two or so of the 20 million people who use Hawaiian beaches each year. And about once per week, the three-toed sloth-vicarious host to thousands of bugs-descends 100 feet from its perch to fastidiously relieve itself. With his astute observations and sharp wit, Conniff astounds you one moment, only to have you laughing aloud the next. Richard M. Davidson's lively narration captures all the wonder of this entertaining and informative book, allowing you to develop a new appreciation for these animals.

About Richard Conniff

Richard Conniff is a National Magazine Award-winning writer for Smithsonian magazine, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and other publications, and a past Guggenheim Fellow. Among his many books are The Species Seekers: Heroes, Fools, and the Mad Pursuit of Life on Earth; Swimming with Piranhas at Feeding Time: My Life Doing Dumb Stuff with Animals; The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide; and House of Lost Worlds: Dinosaurs, Dynasties, and the Story of Life on Earth. Conniff has been a commentator on NPR's Marketplace and a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on August 22, 2021

This is a wonderful book about animals and how humans have affected their habitat and interact in daily life with the everything from insects to sharks. The writing style is very accessible and it is fill with anecdotal stories that draw the reader into the story being told. It was written in 1998,......more

Goodreads review by Meredith on May 02, 2019

This is an excellent and interesting book. The only reason I 4 starred it is because two of the chapters are about deforestation and potential extinction, not faintly repulsive wildlife. I mean, I liked those two chapters a lot! But they didn't really fit with the rest of the book. He should have do......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on July 23, 2017

Series of interesting articles discussing the underside of animal life- bats, porcupines, weasels, moles, sharks, snapping turtles and more! My only issue is that this was written 20 years ago and I'd love to hear an update on some of the info! I'll be looking into his other books too :)......more

Goodreads review by Kathleen on December 20, 2017

This book contained a large amount of information and could almost be read twice.......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on March 31, 2023

Not bad. I wouldn't classify the animals he wrote of as repulsive though.......more