Editorial Transworld Publishing
Fecha de edición mayo 2018 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9781784161903
480 páginas
Libro
encuadernado en tapa blanda
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.
Lucy Cooke tiene un máster en Zoología por la Universidad de Oxford y es una premiada documentalista y presentadora televisiva especializada en el mundo animal. Ha estado al frente de series producidas por la BBC, la ITV y National Geographic, escribe en el Telegraph y en el Huffington Post y es autora de un libro sobre los osos perezosos que estuvo en la lista de los más vendidos del New York Times.
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