The Unexpected Truth About Animals

Posted on 18 May 2018 by Lucy Cooke

Librarian Note Newer editions of this book have released with a different title The Truth About Animals Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife See ISBN 9780465094646History 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. Read The Unexpected Truth About Animals – kino-fada.fr Penguins Early in the 20th century a report on the sex lives of Adelie penguins was submitted to the natural history museum in London It so horrified them that 100 true copies were printed for the scientists and a highly abridged version for everyone else The research was not confirmed for another 60 years.What was so horrifying Male Adelies mate with anything, baby penguins, dead frozen corpses, other males, they don t care, they just want to stick it in and fuck, and damn the consequences Penguins Early in the 20th century a report on the sex lives of Adelie penguins was submitted to the natural history museum in London It so horrified them that 100 true copies were printed for the...The Truth About Animals Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife by Lucy Cooke is a book I requested from NetGalley and I am so glad I was able to read it I read a lot of nature books and I want a few things from a book I want a book that shows that an author really loves animals, that I learn something new, and that I am not bored while learning Well this did all three and then some It is obvious that the author loves animals, it is nearly palpable I The Truth About Animals Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife by Lucy Cooke is a book I requested from NetGalley and I am so glad I was able to read it I read a lot of nature books and I want a few things from a book I want a book that shows that an author really loves animals, that I learn something new, and that I am not bored while learning Well this did all three and then some It is obvious that the author loves animals, it is nearly palpable I giggled and laughed through out this book The things I learned, well, I wouldn t find in any other book When the author started talking about sloths, well, I was smiling already They are so adorable but then the way it is written makes it evenhilarious I really started giggling when the description came up of making them move fast Then on to the female hyena penis delivery of babies or the sex act Bat orgies or vampire bat bl...This is a book filled with very interesting information about a select set of animals including sloths, bats, penguins, hippos, frogs, eels, pandas, chimpanzees, hyenas and others Lot of the information is lesser known, and makes for engrossing reading For instance, hippos genetic makeup shows a closer match with whales rather than any land animal How do vultures promptly appear when animals die And so many other interesting bits of information.Lucy Cooke closes the book with some excellent This is a book filled with very interesting information about a select set of animals including sloths, bats, penguins, hippos, frogs, eels, pandas, chimpanzees, hyenas and others Lot of the information is lesser known, and makes for engrossing reading For instance, hippos genetic makeup shows a closer match with whales rather than any land animal How do vultures promptly appear when animals die And so many other interesting bits of information.Lucy Cooke closes the book with some excellent passages about how in our thinking we have distanced ourselves so much from animals We think of them as things which exist for our use, and have license to perform cruel experiments on The passages in the book on the cruel experiments performe...A book about animals and their odd behaviours Count me in The Truth About Animals by Lucy Cooke takes us on a worldwide journey to meet everyone from a Colombian hippo castrator to a Chinese panda porn peddler, all to lay bare the secret and often hilarious habits of the animal kingdom Charming and at times downright weird, this modern bestiary is perfect for anyone who has ever suspected that virtue might be unnatural from synopsis.This is such a unique and fascinating read, full of in A book about animals and their odd behaviours Count me in The Truth About Animals by Lucy Cooke takes us on a worldwide journey to meet everyone from a Colombian hippo castrator to a Chinese panda porn peddler, all to lay bare the secret and often hilarious habits of the animal kingdom C...This book is the myth buster for the animal kingdom focusing mostly on those animals that cause revulsion like eels, bats, hyenas, vultures but also includes the cuties of the animal world such as hippos, chimps, penguins and pandas.For me the book started off on the wrong foot, or is it animal as I don t find eels all that fascinating but I very quickly realised that this is a meticulously researched yet accessible book with just enough humour to make this fun as well as education.From pe...Everything that you thought that knew about cute penguins, adorable pandas and the utterly chilled out sloths, was probably wrong When you see photos or videos of animals doing human type things we tend to put human personalities and our morals on animals and it really doesn t work They have their own tales to tell us and in a lot of cases the truth is much much stranger than the fiction.Cooke is the founder of the Sloth Appreciation Society and they make an appearance in here as she dispels t Everything that you thought that knew about cute penguins, adorable pandas and the utterly chilled out sloths, was probably wrong When you see photos or videos of animals doing human type things we tend to put human personalities and our morals on animals and it really doesn t work They have their own tales to tell us and in a lot of cases the truth is much much stranger than the fiction.Cooke is the founder of the Sloth Appreciation Society and they make an appearance in here as she dispels the myths about them being lazy and explains the crucial part t...Dear Lucy Cooke and other popular science writers ,I am enjoying your book enormously, as I did The Little Book of Sloth, thanks very much You re not a USian, so this is an easier to explain mistake, but Fox News is not a news channel, it is an entertainment channel, which means you should be skeptical of anything reported by them on air If it s an amusing anecdotes about how stupid someone is, a popular theme, then it s sure to be bogus, maybe entirely, but certainly in all important det Dear Lucy Cooke and other popular science writers ,I am enjoying your book enormously, as I did The Little Book of Sloth, thanks very much You re not a USian, so this is an easier to explain mistake, but Fox News is not a news channel, it is an entertainment channel, which means you should be skeptical of any...I love reading books by people who are passionate about their work It easily shows in their writing and makes you eager to learnCooke s love of animals is clear and contagious in The Truth About animals There are 13 animals highlighted in this book I d have to say that my favorites were the sloth, hyena, hippo, and panda, although all of them had interesting tidbits Cooke s extensive knowled...I received a review copy of this book via NetGalley The Truth About Animals is great fun, full of quirky, often crude facts about various animals This is not a book for prudes Cooke makes a conscious effort to correct sanitized, Disneyfied views on animals by bluntly discussing penguin orgies, bat penises, the allure of sloth poo, and the intriguing nature of hyena anatomy This is also not a book for people who are triggered by animal abuse Cooke elaborates on the mythology around animals an I received a review copy of this book via NetGalley The Truth About Animals is great fun, full of quirky, often crude facts about various animals This is not a book for prudes Cooke makes a conscious effort to correct sanitized, Disneyfied views on animals by bluntly disc...The truth about animals is that they re fascinating and most humans don t havethan a basic understanding of the creatures we share this planet with Using her wicked sense of humour, Oxford educated zoologist, Lucy Cooke debunks myths about some of the animal kingdom s most misunderstood residents and shows the ludicrous and sometimes barbaric lengths humans have gone to in order to better understand animals Think you know a lot about the sex lives of penguins, the antibacterial qualities The truth about animals is that they re fascinating and most humans don t havethan a basic understanding of the creatures we share this planet with Using her wicked sense of humour, Oxford educated zoologist, Lucy Cooke debunks myths about some of the animal kingdom s most misunderstood residents and shows the ludicrous and sometimes barbaric lengths humans have gone to in order to better understand animals Think you know a lot about the sex lives of penguins, the antibacterial qualities of vulture poo or the just how well endowed bats are Well, think again, my friend Cooke brings readers into the private lives of thirteen animals and shows just how misguided and often downright wrong we ve been about animals over the centuries While the research side got a little heavy in places, overall, she successfully balances the information both ancient texts andmodern beliefs with a healthy dose of humour and it is clear that she truly loves a...

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18 May 2018

Lucy Cooke