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Everything You Know About Animals is Wrong
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A highly entertaining, myth-busting read for anyone with an interest in animals, from mosquitos to blue whales.
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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.
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ISBN: 9781849945820
Publisher: Batsford
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 02 April 2020
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Batsford
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 136.0mm
Height: 192.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Matt Brown is author of 11 books for Batsford, using his trademark humour and playfulness as tools to explore the world. He has served as editor and editorat-large of Londonist.com, writing on topics as diverse as street art, politics, map-making and science. With a deep love of trivia, he's written and hosted hundreds of quizzes, including events for the Museum of London and Manchester Science Museum, among many others. He is tweeting at @mattfromlondon.
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