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portada The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales From the Wild Side of Wildlife
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Year
2019
Language
English
Pages
352
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.6 x 13.7 x 2.8 cm
Weight
0.29 kg.
ISBN13
9781541674080

The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales From the Wild Side of Wildlife

Lucy Cooke (Author) · Basic Books · Paperback

The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales From the Wild Side of Wildlife - Lucy Cooke

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Synopsis "The Truth About Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales From the Wild Side of Wildlife "

Mary Roach meets Bill Bryson in this "surefire summer winner" (Janet Maslin, New York Times), an uproarious tour of the basest instincts and biggest mysteries of the animal world Humans have gone to the Moon and discovered the Higgs boson, but when it comes to understanding animals, we've still got a long way to go. Whether we're seeing a viral video of romping baby pandas or a picture of penguins "holding hands," it's hard for us not to project our own values -- innocence, fidelity, temperance, hard work -- onto animals. So you've probably never considered if moose get drunk, penguins cheat on their mates, or worker ants lay about. They do -- and that's just for starters. In The Truth About Animals, Lucy Cooke takes us on a worldwide journey to meet everyone from a Colombian hippo castrator to a Chinese panda porn peddler, all to lay bare the secret -- and often hilarious -- habits of the animal kingdom. Charming and at times downright weird, this modern bestiary is perfect for anyone who has ever suspected that virtue might be unnatural.
Lucy Cooke
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Lucy Cooke es una escritora, divulgadora científica y presentadora británica, formada en zoología en la Universidad de Oxford, donde fue alumna de Richard Dawkins. Su trabajo se centra en cuestionar los sesgos históricos de la biología evolutiva, especialmente aquellos que han distorsionado la comprensión científica del comportamiento animal femenino. Con un estilo afilado y accesible, Cooke combina investigación académica, periodismo científico y una saludable desconfianza hacia las verdades heredadas que nadie se molestó en revisar.

Su libro más conocido es Hembras (Bitch: On the Female of the Species), un ensayo que revisa décadas de ciencia escrita desde una mirada androcéntrica y propone una reinterpretación basada en evidencia actual. También es autora de The Truth About Animals y A Little Book of Sloth. Además de escribir, ha trabajado extensamente en documentales para la BBC, consolidándose como una de las voces más incisivas de la divulgación científica contemporánea.
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