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Copyright
Copyright © 2018 by Lucy Cooke
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Originally published as The Unexpected Truth About Animals in hardcover and ebook by Transworld Publishers in November 2017 in the United Kingdom
First US Edition: April 2018
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ISBN 978-0-465-09464-6 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-465-09465-3 (ebook)
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
ONE Eel
TWO Beaver
THREE Sloth
FOUR Hyena
FIVE Vulture
SIX Bat
SEVEN Frog
EIGHT Stork
NINE Hippopotamus
TEN Moose
ELEVEN Panda
TWELVE Penguin
THIRTEEN Chimpanzee
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by Lucy Cooke
Image Credits
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Navigation
Begin Reading
Table of Contents
TO THE MEMORY OF MY DAD,
who opened my eyes to the wonders of the natural world
INTRODUCTION
“How can sloths exist when they’re such losers?”
As a zoologist and founder of the Sloth Appreciation Society I get asked this question a lot. Sometimes “losers” is further defined—“lazy,” “stupid” and “slow” being perennial favorites. And sometimes the query is paired with the rider—“I thought evolution was all about survival of the fittest”—delivered with an air of bemusement or, worse, a whiff of superior species smugness.
Sloths are, in fact, one of natural selection’s quirkiest creations, and fabulously successful to boot. Skulking about the treetops barely quicker than a snail, and being covered in algae, infested wi ............

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