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The Insect Crisis

The Fall of the Tiny Empires That Run the World

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The Insect Crisis

By: Oliver Milman
Narrated by: James Lailey
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From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere. Three out of every four of our planet’s known animal species are insects.

In The Insect Crisis, acclaimed journalist Oliver Milman dives into the torrent of recent evidence that suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history. What is causing the collapse of the insect world?

Why does this alarming decline pose such a threat to us?

And what can be done to stem the loss of the miniature empires that hold aloft life as we know it?

©2022 Oliver Milman (P)2022 Audible, Ltd Biological Sciences Biology Environment Science

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The author continually quotes other people as if he has no confidence to write anything himself? The narrator then gives all the quotes strange accents which doesn’t make for the best listen.
I felt the subject was very interesting but just didn’t like the style of the book.

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This is a very important book and I’m glad I listened all the way to the end. I found the readers use of accents, while impressive, very annoying and distracting, making difficult for me to continue sometimes. This is a great shame as I think the more people realise what is happening to insects the better.

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