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IN THIS age of dino-mania, the interactions between dinosaurs and insects seems a promising premise for a book. The Poinars clearly know their insects, and they write colourful scenarios of how blood-sucking bugs dined on dinosaurs. But though the book is fun at times, I found it hard to take some details seriously – such as the idea that insects contributed to the demise of the dinosaurs. It reminded me of another entertaining combination: the old movie Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein.

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