Claims: Hidden Creatures by Dino Martins review – the revolting world of parasites
These are attributed source records, not independent verification of each assertion.
Complete claim record (JSON) · Original source
- title: Hidden Creatures by Dino Martins review – the revolting world of parasites Source
- url: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/15/hidden-creatures-by-dino-martins-review-the-revolting-world-of-parasites Source
- summary: From maggots to viruses, this gross-out compendium also manages to celebrate the awe and inventiveness of nature When Craig Venter, one of the mappers of the human genome, set out on a sailboat cruise to map DNA in seawater all across the globe, he found that a teaspoon of seawater contained on average 50m viruses. While this doesn’t sound particularly reassuring, the bad news is mitigated by the fact that most of these are phages that infect marine bacteria and have no interest in us. Viru… Source
- published: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:00:49 GMT Source