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A review by saraireads
Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures by Carl Zimmer
4.0
Parasite Rex is both horrifying and fascinating. Zimmer shares examples of various parasites, their behaviors and how they evolved into master manipulators. He describes how they affect certain species specifically and how parasites can end up altering entire ecosystems.
He doesn’t touch on parasites in humans a whole lot (although the little he explains was interesting) but I found the rest of the book to be fascinating. Especially the last chapter, where Zimmer explains that as bad as most parasites are, they’re so ingrained and evolved that some species do worse without them.
Highly recommend this if you enjoy reading biology or science!
He doesn’t touch on parasites in humans a whole lot (although the little he explains was interesting) but I found the rest of the book to be fascinating. Especially the last chapter, where Zimmer explains that as bad as most parasites are, they’re so ingrained and evolved that some species do worse without them.
Highly recommend this if you enjoy reading biology or science!