Everything You Know About Animals is Wrong

Everything You Know About Animals is Wrong is a must-read in the Everything You Know series. This book debunks a range of old-cod stories about animals in author Matt Brown's inimitable, humorous, and fascinating style.

It covers everything from the myth that lemmings throw themselves off cliffs in suicide (they don't, but on occasion, some just fall off) to the misconception that bats are blind (they're not; they can see but use the more sophisticated echolocation for certain hunting). From the notion of head-in-the-sand ostriches to cats always landing on their feet, it provides a wealth of information on small domestic animals, the curious, and giants of the animal world, plus features on the odd diets of animals.

All the old stories and myths about animals we've had since childhood are gleefully debunked in this hugely entertaining book.