num_pages: 400
description: 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 weve got a long way to go.Whether were 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 youve 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.
language: English
title: The Unexpected Truth About Animals: A Menagerie of the Misunderstood
publisher: Doubleday