false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186669376m/1673849.jpg 1673849 1 <p>Millions of years ago in the Cretaceous period, the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex--with its dagger-like teeth for tearing its prey to ribbons--was undoubtedly the fiercest carnivore to roam the Earth. Yet as <i>What Bugged the Dinosaurs?</i> reveals, T. rex was not the only killer. George and Roberta Poinar show how insects--from biting sand flies to disease-causing parasites--dominated life on the planet and played a significant role in the life and death of the dinosaurs.</p><p> The Poinars bring the age of the dinosaurs marvelously to life. Analyzing exotic insects fossilized in Cretaceous amber at three major deposits in Lebanon, Burma, and Canada, they reconstruct the complex ecology of a hostile prehistoric world inhabited by voracious swarms of insects. The Poinars draw upon tantalizing new evidence from their amazing discoveries of disease-producing vertebrate pathogens in Cretaceous blood-sucking flies, as well as intestinal worms and protozoa found in fossilized dinosaur excrement, to provide a unique view of how insects infected with malaria, leishmania, and other pathogens, together with intestinal parasites, could have devastated dinosaur populations.</p><p> A scientific adventure story from the authors whose research inspired <i>Jurassic Park</i>, <i>What Bugged the Dinosaurs?</i>? offers compelling evidence of how insects directly and indirectly contributed to the dinosaurs' demise.</p> 1668866 17 12 2007 What Bugged the Dinosaurs?: Insects, Disease, and Death in the Cretaceous total:3|3:3| 3 9 8 0 0 0 false false Tue Aug 04 08:47:18 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:47:24 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Apr 23 15:25:39 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 12:14:50 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 15:25:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 18 16:39:46 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 16:39:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 03 20:19:55 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 20:19:57 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Dec 20 06:44:27 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 11:07:21 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 06:44:27 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri May 30 10:14:51 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 10:14:51 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Tue May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 14:41:36 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 14:41:48 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Apr 24 07:40:32 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 07:40:40 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1673849