The Unexpected Truth about Animals

Author(s): Lucy Cooke

Biography and Memoir

Shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize'Endlessly fascinating.' - Bill Bryson 'Eye-opening, informative and very funny!' - Chris Packham'Well-informed and downright funny' - Richard DawkinsHistory is full of strange animal stories invented by the brightest and most influential, from Aristotle to Disney. But when it comes to understanding animals, we?ve got a long way to go. Whether we?re watching a viral video of romping baby pandas or looking at a picture of penguins 'holding hands?, we often project our own values - innocence, abstinence, hard work - onto animals. So you?ve probably never considered that moose get drunk and that penguins are notorious cheats. In The Unexpected Truth About Animals Zoologist Lucy unravels many such myths - that eels are born from sand, that swallows hibernate under water, and that bears gave birth to formless lumps that are licked into shape by their mothers - to show that the stories we create reveal as much about us as they do about the animals. Astonishing, illuminating and laugh-out-loud funny.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781784161903
  • : Transworld Publishers Limited
  • : Black Swan
  • : 0.378
  • : April 2018
  • : 2.9 Centimeters X 12.7 Centimeters X 19.8 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Lucy Cooke
  • : Paperback
  • : 1808
  • : English
  • : 590
  • : 480