From boogers, B.O., and belches to sneezes, diseases, and
demon cheeses, The Big Book of
Gross Stuff is chock-full of practical knowledge including a
Gross Quiz kids can see how they stack up against the rest of
society and the World''s Most Disgusting Jobs whale-feces
research, anyone?.
With the turn of every page, Bart King will challenge your gag
reflexes as he introduces topics, terminology and trivia about
toilets, scabies, decaying bodies, and much more. The pages
overflow with hum
目錄:
A Note on the Writing of This Book
What Makes It Gross?
Gross Quiz!
The Miracle of Birth
The Stream of Life
Animals!
Breaking the Wind
Monsters!
Everyone Poops
It''s a Gross Job, But I Don''t Want to Do It!
Toilets!
Putting Your Best Food Forward
Gross Anatomy
It''s a Gross World, After All !
The Skin You''re In
Food, Drink, and Other Harmless Hazards
Kicking the Bucket
Epilogue
Bibliography
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No one ever says so, but gross stuff is sort of magical. Nasty
things are like magnets that repel and attract us at the same
time.
Once our disgust is activated, we get a strong feeling of
revulsion; we might start breathing through our mouth or look away
from the gross thing in question. But at the same time, we can''t
help sneaking a glance or a sniff to see if that nasty thing is
still oozing, stinking, or pulsating. Yeah, pulsating is
good!
A skunk has anal sacs that are filled with extremely stinky
fluid. And it can shoot this fluid a long way. But incredibly, the
skunk doesn''t win this award. Instead, it goes to an African animal
called the zorilla. The zorilla actually looks like a skunk, but it
smells even worse. A famous zoologist said that it has the "most
well-developed anal glands in the animal kingdom." The stink of a
zorilla''s anal gland is so bad, these animals don''t even hang out
with each other!