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Nature Underfoot

Living with Beetles, Crabgrass, Fruit Flies, and Other Tiny Life Around Us

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Nature Underfoot

By: John Hainze
Narrated by: Charles Constant
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An informed and heartfelt tribute to commonly unappreciated plants, insects, and other tiny creatures that reconsiders humanity's relationship to nature.

Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John Hainze - an entomologist and former pesticide developer - considers the fascinating and bizarre history of how these so-called invasive or unwanted pests and weeds have co-evolved with humanity and highlights the benefits of a greater respect and moral consideration toward these organisms.

With deep insight into the lives of the underappreciated and often reviled creatures that surround us, Hainze's accessible and engaging natural history draws on ethics, religion, and philosophy as he passionately argues that creepy crawlies and unwanted plants deserve both empathy and accommodation as partners dwelling with us on earth.

©2020 John Hainze (P)2020 Tantor Animals Biological Sciences Biology Environment Outdoors & Nature Science Conservation Heartfelt Natural History

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This was a great insight to the little world we often ignore or just don't think to observe. This will encourage you to tilt your head down once in a while and maybe let the harmless little creatures to carry with their little tasks unimterupted.

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