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In What's Eating You? Eugene Kaplan recounts the true and harrowing tales of his escapades with parasites, and in the process introduces readers to the intimately interwoven lives of number and parasite.
Kaplan has put in his life going the globe discovering oceans and jungles, and incidentally acquiring parasites in his gut. Here, he leads readers on an remarkable journey into the bizarre yet oddly beautiful world of parasites. In a narrative that is by changes frightening, disgusting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Kaplan identifies how drinking contaminated water can result in a three-foot-long worm to burst from your arm; how he "gave labor and birth" to a parasite the size and thickness of a pencil while working in Israel; why you should never wave a dead snake before your privates; and why fleas are drawn to his wife. Kaplan tells reviews about leeches feasting on soldiers in Vietnam; sea cucumbers with pearly whites in their anuses that seem to encourage the entry of symbiotic seafood; the habits of parasites that cause dysentery, river blindness, and other horrifying diseases--and much, a lot more. Along the way, he explains the underlying science, including parasite progression and host-parasite physiology.
Informative, frequently lurid, and hugely entertaining, this wonderfully illustrated reserve is a must-read for health-conscious travelers, and whoever has ever wondered if they found a tapeworm from that previous sushi dinner.
