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Cooke, Lucy, 1970-
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Animals -- Miscellanea.
Animals -- Social aspects.
Animal behavior.
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Cooke, Lucy, 1970-
Animals -- Miscellanea.
Animals -- Social aspects.
Animal behavior.
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The truth about
animals
: stoned sloths, lovelorn hippos, and other tales from the wild side of wildlife / Lucy Cooke.
by
Cooke, Lucy, 1970-
Basic Books, 2018.
Call #:
590.2 C772u
Subjects
Animals
--
Miscellanea.
Animals
--
Social
aspects
.
Animal behavior.
ISBN:
9780465094646
Alternate title:
Stoned sloths, lovelorn hippos, and other tales from the wild side of wildlife /
Unexpected truth about
animals
.
Edition:
1st US ed.
Description:
336 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"April 2018"--T. p. verso.
Originally published under title: The unexpected truth about
animals
: a menagerie of the misunderstood. London : Transworld Publishers, 2017.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-322) and index.
Contents:
Eel
--
Beaver
--
Sloth
--
Hyena
--
Vulture
--
Bat
--
Frog
--
Stork
--
Hippopotamus
--
Moose
--
Panda
--
Penguin
--
Chimpanzee.
Summary:
When seeking to understand
animals
, context is key. Humans have a habit of viewing the animal kingdom through the prism of our own narrow existence. Zoologist and documentary filmmaker Lucy Cooke is fascinated by the myths people create about
animals
to fill in the gaps in our understanding, and how much they reveal about the mechanics of discovery and the people doing the discovering. In this book she has gathered together the biggest misconceptions and mistakes made about the animal kingdom, and recounts the experiences that have opened her eyes to many surprising realities about
animals
and the progress of animal science.
"Humans may have flown to the Moon and found the Higgs boson, but when it comes to understanding
animals
, We still have a long way to go. From medieval bestiaries to March of the Penguins or the latest viral video of romping panda cubs, our species relentlessly makes up stories about the virtues and vices of the creatures around us. Chaste pandas are reluctant to mate. Loyal penguins would never abandon their partners. And sloths are just, well, lazy. In reality, pandas don't just have sex; they could make Christian Grey blush. Penguins won't just cheat on a mate; they pay for sex, too. And, despite their names, sloths might just be the most successful
animals
on the planet. In The Truth About
Animals
, Lucy Cooke takes us on a global adventure to find out how the animal world really works, and why we humans keep getting it wrong. She fearlessly smears herself in hippo sweat and drinks a blended frog, all in the name of answering questions you never knew you had: What does Aristotle's obsession with eels have to do with twenty-first-century drug mafia? Do female hyenas really give birth through a penis? And why was the New England Puritan Cotton Mather certain that storks could fly into space? Funny, thought-provoking, and at times downright bizarre, The Truth About
Animals
reveals to us all that is weird, wild, and completely unexpected in the animal kingdom."--Dust jacket.
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