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The Unexpected Truth About Animals

By: Lucy Cooke
Narrated by: Lucy Cooke
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Unexpected Truth About Animals, written and read by Lucy Cooke.

History is full of strange animal stories, invented by the brightest and most influential, from Aristotle to Disney, and they reveal as much about us and the things we believe as they do about the animals they misrepresent. We once thought that eels were born from sand, that swallows hibernated underwater, and that bears gave birth to formless lumps that were licked into shape by their mothers.

Zoologist Lucy Cooke unravels many such myths, revealing the facts she's uncovered while sniffing out vultures, snooping on sloths and stalking drunk moose.

The Unexpected Truth About Animals is in equal parts astonishing, illuminating and laugh-out-loud funny. Starring: feminist hyenas, perverted penguins, exploding bats and frogs in taffeta trousers....

©2017 Lucy Cooke (P)2017 Random House Audiobooks Animals Biological Sciences Earth Sciences Nature & Ecology Outdoors & Nature Science Funny

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"Eye-opening, informative and very funny!" (Chris Packham)
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Breaks down misconceptions and delivers wonderful insights and information- often funny and heartwarming as well as heartbreaking!

Eye opening

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Loved this book and there is a cautionary tale for all zoologists and non zoologists alike. Parts make you chuckle and parts make you sad.

A great read

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Just one of the best books I’ve listened to you must read it important!

Amazing

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Very interesting and enjoyable but I found the author's narration a bit OTT at times. Whilst I understand it's important to use intonation in reading, sometimes this was a bit overdone. But the content was very interesting and worth the listen.

Enjoyable

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This is my second book by this author, try Bitch which is also hers and highly entertaining and factual.

Lucy is a fabulous author who makes the animal kingdom so fascinating, enchanting and leaving you with so many facts it’s stupendous.

Not only is she a great author , but her skills as a narrator leave many at the first furlong. She could be a stand up comedian with her dry humour and delivery.

Buy her books you will not be disappointed,

Lucy Cooke is brilliant

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A witty collection of human failures in our attempts to understand animals. I think this book says much about man trying to see see all life through our limited perceptions.

Who are we to judge?

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I'm studying Zoology at University and this has taught me so much! A big thank you to the author for this wonderful book!

Loved it!

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My first time finishing reading a non fiction book and I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it was to follow.

It kept me interested, entertained, wasn't too complicated (I have a Zoology degree but I'm pretty sure anyone could follow it as she explains any scientific terms used).

Gave me loads of really interesting facts and information to tell my friends about, they have been super impressed.

Her writing style is very witty and enjoyable to read, her narration is also very entertaining.

Loved it, probably one of my favourite books I've read or listened to. I'm very excited to see if she writes any more books like this.

Super Interesting

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great book, really interesting and well read. I learnt much about be the animal kingdoms and enjoyed the authors delivery of her work

really interesting

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Beautifully written and read by the author. Some very interesting clarifications of historical the misrepresentation of animals.

Historical scientific clarification

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