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The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife
By Cooke, Lucy
- ISBN
- 9780465094646 9780465094653
- Publisher
- Basic
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Reviewed on March 1, 2018 | Science and Technology
As founder of the Sloth Appreciation Society, British author and wildlife documentarian Cooke (A Little Bit of Sloth) has a particular affinity for the world's most misunderstood and maligned creatures—hyenas, turkey vultures, bats, and the like. Here, the author demystifies layers of myth and legend surrounding 13 animals, tracing the source of negative and erroneous views about them to the Bible, medieval besti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
