false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255831909m/3330091.jpg 3330091 3 Fast on the heels of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>The Book of General Ignorance</i> comes <i>The Book of Animal Ignorance</i>, a fun, fact-&#64257;lled bestiary that is sure to delight animal lovers everywhere. Arranged alphabetically from aardvark to worm, here are one hundred of the most interesting members of the animal kingdom explained, dissected, and illustrated, with the trademark wit and wisdom of John Lloyd and John Mitchinson.<br><br>Did you know, for instance, that<br>&#8226; when a young albatross takes wing, it may stay aloft for ten years<br>&#8226; vampire bat saliva&#8212;unsurprisingly, when you think about it&#8212;is the source of the world&#8217;s most powerful blood thinning drug, appropriately called draculin<br>&#8226; bombardier beetles fire a boiling chemical spray out of their rears at 300 pulses per second<br>&#8226; a bald eagle&#8217;s feathers weigh twice as much as its bones<br>&#8226; a giant tortoise recently died at the documented age of 255<br>&#8226; octopuses are dexterous enough to unscrew tops from jars<br>&#8226; spider silk is so light that a strand long enough to circle the world would weigh as much as a bar of soap?<br><br>So meet the water bears that can live in suspension for hundreds of years, the parasite carried by your cat that makes men grumpy and women promiscuous, and the woodlouse that drinks through its bottom. Marvel at elephants that walk on tiptoe, pigs that shine in the dark, and woodpeckers that have ears on the ends of their tongues.<br><br>If you still think a pangolin is a musical instrument, that hyenas are dogs, or that sheep are pointless and stupid, <i>The Book of Animal Ignorance</i> has arrived just in time. 3368099 2007 The Book of Animal Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong total:141|5:30|4:69|3:33|2:8|1:1| 141 542 297 48 4 3 false false Sun Sep 07 22:27:50 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 15 22:15:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jun 17 12:42:31 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 08:50:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 25 22:12:13 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 23:03:39 -0800 2008 bears can give birth in their sleep.
if sealed and stored properly, honey is the one food that will never spoil.
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This book is not one might expect from the cover. It is written as a trivia sequel to The Book of General Ignorance from the men who present the BBC program and website: Quite Interesting. The title format is share...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 12:37:53 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 11:59:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 12 15:21:50 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 19:02:52 -0700 2009 QI: The Book of General Ignorance, and not as many facts, however it a good read. So many facts you might not know about animals, that you may probably never need to know. Might be needed for a quiz one day, otherwise take it along to work one day and impress your colleagues du...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 07:57:59 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 08:01:53 -0800 2009
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The material is arranged alphabetically and each critter gets a 2-3 page spread chock full of trivia with ingenious sketches detailing a physical aspect of...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3330091