{"product_id":"the-unexpected-truth-about-animals-stoned-sloths-lovelorn-hippos-and-other-wild-tales","title":"Lucy Cooke: The Unexpected Truth About Animals [2018] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2018 Royal Society Investment Science Book Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Endlessly fascinating.' - \u003ci\u003eBill Bryson \u003c\/i\u003e'Eye-opening, informative and very funny!' - \u003ci\u003eChris Packham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Well-informed and downright funny' - \u003ci\u003eRichard Dawkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistory 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Unexpected Truth About Animals \u003c\/i\u003eZoologist 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAstonishing, illuminating and laugh-out-loud funny.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cooke, Lucy","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44814222197026,"sku":"9781784161903","price":11.25,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":52430296056147,"sku":"XG81784161903","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/cooke-lucy-lucy-cooke-the-unexpected-truth-about-animals-2018-paperback-9781784161903-1133097907.jpg?v=1763654621","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/the-unexpected-truth-about-animals-stoned-sloths-lovelorn-hippos-and-other-wild-tales","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}