Synopses & Reviews
HOLD ONTO YOUR PANTS! Your time on the toilet will never be the same when the colorful facts and stomachchurning trivia in this illustrated bathroom reader begin to scare the crap right out of you, including:
andbull; The uniquely powerful diarrhea of Minnesota
andbull; How a common STD can turn you into a disfigured walking tree
andbull; The brain-eating amoeba that could be swimming in your pool
andbull; How much mucus your body produces
andbull; An untreatable disease that creates real-life zombies (with sex addictions)
andbull; How a sexy fad nearly eradicated an entire species of lice
Synopsis
Disturbing-yet-too-intriguing-not-to-read facts about whats living in, crawling on, and attacking the human bodyTapeworms grow up to 150 feet in the small intestine. Bot fly larvae burrow under the skin and feed on human flesh. Every square inch of the human body is covered with over 50 million microscopic organisms. The Very Hungry Parasite is chock-full of these stomach-churning facts along with eye-popping trivia and repulsively humorous stories. Looking as cute and cuddly as a kid's book, its pages burst with colorful illustrations, and content that is as dark and disturbing as the critter-infested cavities of eww, ick, and yuck, facts and a perfect addition to any bathroom.
About the Author
Josh Miller is a blogger, film critic, screenwriter, and author of
A Zombie's History of the United States and
The World Reduced to Inforgraphics.
Aja Wells is the illustrator of
That's Not Your Mommy Anymore.