The unexpected truth about animals stoned sloths, lovelorn hippos and other wild tales

Shortlisted For The 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize 'endlessly Fascinating.' - Bill Bryson 'eye-opening, Informative And Very Funny!' - Chris Packham 'well-informed And Downright Funny' - Richard Dawkins 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’ve Got A Long Way To Go. Whether We’re 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 You’ve 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.