Animal Monsters: Fantasies and Facts of the Animal World

by David Taylor

Recounts the legends associated with such monsters as the unicorn, werewolf, dragon, and mermaid, and describes real animals which might account for the legends.

47 pages, Library Binding

First published August 1, 1989

About the author

David Conrad Taylor, BVMS, FRCVS, FZS, was a British veterinary surgeon. He was the first veterinary surgeon to specialise in zoo and wildlife medicine. Taylor worked with zoo and wild animals from 1957, acting as a consultant on the treatment of some of the rarest species on Earth. He was world-renowned as an expert in marine mammal medicine.

In the mid-1970s and early 1980s, Taylor wrote a popular series of autobiographical books that charted his life and experiences as a "Zoo Vet". These books were adapted for Television in a drama series, One by One. He continued to be a prolific writer until his death. [wikipedia]