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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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Ridiculous attempt at accents by the narrator was most annoying.
A well researched and great story otherwise.

Narration let it down 😕

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This book was great. Full of interesting information and easy to listen to. The only downfall was the narrator accents. Every nationality except the British coped a cartoonish accent when quoted. Very weird for a non fiction book.

Great, Except the Narrator

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compelling listening with beautiful narration. A must read for the good of the world

interesting informative eye opening

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Tells it the way it is, we haven’t got time to waste, wake-up humanity

Great truthful book

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I knew things were bad for insect's but not that bad. this book sets out how bad things are and due to human interaction.
everyone should read this book.

rather concering

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the accents are distracting. as an Australian we dont all sound like crocodile Dundee.

great book, however

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Interesting and very valid point but it could’ve been delivered in a much more efficient way.

7 hours too long

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