{"product_id":"book-of-animal-ignorance-everything-you-think-you-know-is-wrong","title":"Book of Animal Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBook of Animal Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Lloyd\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780307394934\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCrown\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eF First Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eFast on the heels of the \"New York Times\" bestseller \"The Book of General Ignorance\" comes \"The Book of Animal Ignorance,\" a fun, fact- 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. \u003cbr\u003eDid you know, for instance, that\u003cbr\u003e when a young albatross takes wing, it may stay aloft for ten years\u003cbr\u003e vampire bat saliva unsurprisingly, when you think about it is the source of the world s most powerful blood thinning drug, appropriately called draculin\u003cbr\u003e bombardier beetles fire a boiling chemical spray out of their rears at 300 pulses per second\u003cbr\u003e a bald eagle s feathers weigh twice as much as its bones\u003cbr\u003e a giant tortoise recently died at the documented age of 255\u003cbr\u003e octopuses are dexterous enough to unscrew tops from jars\u003cbr\u003e spider silk is so light that a strand long enough to circle the world would weigh as much as a bar of soap? \u003cbr\u003eSo 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. \u003cbr\u003eIf you still think a pangolin is a musical instrument, that hyenas are dogs, or that sheep are pointless and stupid, \"The Book of Animal Ignorance\" has arrived just in time.\"\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Book of Animal Ignorance: Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong | John Lloyd | Hardcover | 9780307394934 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks I 1774003","offer_id":49674323001496,"sku":"1774003","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81vgj68pWHL.jpg?v=1786543671","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/book-of-animal-ignorance-everything-you-think-you-know-is-wrong","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}