• 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 outrageous cheats. Zoologist Lucy Cooke reveals the reality and unravels the myths to show that the stories we create around animals say as much about us as they do about them.
  • 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 outrageous cheats. Zoologist Lucy Cooke reveals the reality and unravels the myths to show that the stories we create around animals say as much about us as they do about them.
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Unexpected truth about animals book by Lucy Cooke

Unexpected truth about animals book by Lucy Cooke

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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 outrageous cheats.

Zoologist Lucy Cooke reveals the reality and unravels the myths to show that the stories we create around animals say as much about us as they do about them.

Unexpected Truth About Animals Book Paperback Edition

Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm

Pages: 470

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