Why Do Insects Bug Us?
22:28 minutes
Insects can cause humans both fear and fascination. Jeffrey Lockwood, entomologist and author of The Infested Mind: Why Humans Fear, Love, and Loathe Insects, dissects his own battle with entomophobia and the evolutionary and cultural reasons for our complicated relationship with insects.
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Jeffrey Lockwood
Jeffrey Lockwood is author of The Infested Mind: Why Humans Fear, Loathe, and Love Insects (Oxford University Press, 2013) and a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Creative Writing Program at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming.
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