Frank Herbert's story about "Little Mouse" is not my favorite author topic right now. His ecology was bogus, his subject matter not very well thought out or researched,
and especially this week, I have a severely negative reaction to THAT subject matter.
http://baheyeldin.com/literature/ara...erts-dune.html
http://www.shaulmishal.com/pdf/sm_academic_04.pdf
http://www.dhushara.com/book/future/dunep.htm