The Unexpected Truth About Animals

<p><b>Shortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize</b><br><b>'Endlessly fascinating.' - <i>Bill Bryson </i>'Eye-opening informative and very funny!' - <i>Chris Packham</i><br></b><b>'Well-informed and downright funny' - <i>Richard Dawkins</i></b><br><br><br>History 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&#146;ve got a long way to go. <br><br>Whether we&#146;re watching a viral video of romping baby pandas or looking at a picture of penguins &#145;holding hands&#146; we often project our own values &#150; innocence abstinence hard work &#150; onto animals. So you&#146;ve probably never considered that moose get drunk and that penguins are notorious cheats. <br><br>In <i>The Unexpected Truth About Animals </i>Zoologist Lucy unravels many such myths &#150; 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 &#150; to show that the stories we create reveal as much about us as they do about the animals. <br><br>Astonishing illuminating and laugh-out-loud funny.</p>