Die erstaunliche Wahrheit über Tiere: Was Mythen und Irrtümer über uns verraten by Lucy Cooke

4.23 AVERAGE

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madhamster's review against another edition

4.0
Entertaining and educational.
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noesmariana's review against another edition

i love animals and i love facts but this book just wasn’t for me, so i’m not finishing it or giving it a rating.
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c_aitlyn's review against another edition

4.0
This was so great and not at all what I expected - a nice meld of history history and the strange things we believed about animals (as well as the strange things we still believe), the actual truths, and interesting/funny anecdotes.
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racheleanne06's review against another edition

4.0
funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

hillam11's review against another edition

5.0
funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

kdinnocenti's review against another edition

4.0
Fun facts generally inappropriate to share at a dinner party, entertaining anecdotes, and a reframing of how we see (and choose to care about) parts of the animal kingdom - all told with a curiosity and humor that had me raising my eyebrows and chuckling in constant succession.
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thesincoucher's review against another edition

4.0
Cooke really loves animals and in particular the ones that she talks about in depth in this book, which I find crucial as I did not fly through this book and she was a very good companion for the journey. This was a joy to read and told me a lot that I did not know (I'm not that keen on animals so to be fair this was not difficult). Her narrative style was in that fine line between funny and actually informative without being vulgar. My favourite chapter was the hyenas one but they are all great.

benshafii's review against another edition

5.0
Listened to the audiobook version read by the author who magnificently brings to life the main characters.

Characters' such as the sloth, the penguin, or the eel (just to a name a few) are exposed in this book teaching us more about us (humans)than about them.


The author does an amazing storytelling job digging into each animals early recorded history all up to modern times.

akeeslar's review against another edition

5.0
funny informative lighthearted medium-paced

aerinelf's review against another edition

This is a good pop science book - interesting and well sourced.