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WEBSITES Guinness World Records This site contains up-to-date information on some of the strangest world records you can imagine. aspx That Explains It! This site contains all kinds of interesting information about the human body, animals, food, inventions and machines, and more. com/trivia/explain/ 46 Page numbers in bold are illustrations. aardvarks, 17, 17 antibodies, 38, 39 hagfish, 25, 25 haws, 16, 17 bacteria, 9, 10, 13, 15, 15, 19, 30, 31, 36, 37 barfing. See vomiting blood, 36–39, 40 bronchi, 28, 28 iguana, 5, 5 intestines, 9, 34, 34–35 chameleons, 25 cilia, 29, 29 coughing, 29 crime fighting, 40–41 diarrhea, 35, 38 DNA, 40, 40–41 eaglets, 17 ears, 6, 20–21, 21 earwax, 20–21, 38, 40 eyelids/eyes, 6, 16, 16, 18–19, 19, 21, 38 flu, 14, 41 frogs, 5, 25, 25 fungi, 9, 11, 13 germs, 6, 8, 8 fighting, 4–5, 7, 13, 15, 16–41 history of, 12–14 kinds of, 9–11 komodo dragons, 31, 31 laughing, 39, 39 Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van, 13 Lister, Joseph, 13 lungs, 28, 28 mice, 5 microscopes, 13, 13 mouths, 6, 9, 26, 30 mucus.
From fighting crime and battling germs to keeping our eyes, ears, noses, and mouths safe and clean, it’s hard to believe all the ways our body’s builtin defense systems protect us every day. And we aren’t alone. Every living thing has its own loyal legion of dutiful defenders. Did You Know? You can’t catch a cold from a dog or cat, but you can get the flu from a horse, a pig, or even a duck. 41 GLOSSA RY antibody—A protein that is programmed to find and destroy a specific bacteria or virus. antiseptic—A substance that destroys germs.
Dear Readers, I went to some pretty strange places to research this book, including my bathroom, the grocery store, and even an animal hospital. But my first stop was the library. That’s where I found college-level textbooks on anatomy and physiology. Once I had a general overview of the topic, I read more focused articles in scientific journals, newspapers, and magazines. That’s how I discovered that laughing boosts your immune system and that police are now using DNA from snot, vomit, spit, and earwax to solve crimes.