The Animal Review The Genius, Mediocrity, and Breathtaking Stupidity That Is Nature
by Lentz, Jacob; Nash, SteveFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-03-30
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury USA
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Summary
The definitive, highly biased, and frequently accurate report card on evolution's illustrious (and sometimes absurd) 3.5-billion-year career. Sophisticated yet kid friendly, "The Animal Review" is an appealing gift for animal lovers of all ages.
Author Biography
Jacob Lentz currently writes Jimmy Kimmel’s nightly monologue, a job he’s held since 2006. Prior to that, he was a staff writer at Jimmy Kimmel Live since the show’s debut in 2003. A former editor of the Harvard Lampoon, he is the author of Electing Jesse Ventura and coauthor of There’s No I in Office: 4293 Meaningless Phrases to Keep Your Coworkers Smiling While Avoiding Actual Conversation. In his free time he enjoys thinking about animals and reading the journal of Cell Metabolism.
Steve Nash has spent the last fifteen years as a writer in advertising. A recovering premed student with a background in science, he also has a degree in psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. viii |
| Land | p. 1 |
| Panda | p. 2 |
| King Cobra | p. 4 |
| Wildebeest | p. 7 |
| Garden Snail | p. 11 |
| Spotlight on Poisonous Snakes | p. 15 |
| Giraffe | p. 16 |
| North American Mountain Goat | p. 19 |
| Bullet Ant | p. 24 |
| Spotlight on Bears | p. 30 |
| Alpaca | p. 32 |
| Koala | p. 36 |
| Spotlight on Apes | p. 40 |
| Skunk | p. 42 |
| Sky | p. 47 |
| Bald Eagle | p. 48 |
| Locust | p. 53 |
| Owl | p. 57 |
| Spotlight on Birding | p. 60 |
| Vulture | p. 62 |
| Pigeon | p. 67 |
| Water | p. 73 |
| Blue Whale | p. 74 |
| Great White Shark | p. 78 |
| Swordfish | p. 83 |
| Sea Cucumber | p. 86 |
| Spotlight on Extinction | p. 89 |
| Sponge | p. 90 |
| Clam | p. 91 |
| Spotlight on Taxonomy | p. 95 |
| Salmon | p. 97 |
| Octopus | p. 103 |
| Other | p. 109 |
| Hippopotamus | p. 110 |
| Golden Dart Frog | p. 115 |
| Peacock | p. 119 |
| Spotlight on Animal Sounds | p. 123 |
| Capybara | p. 124 |
| Ladybug | p. 127 |
| Photography/Art Credits | p. 132 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 133 |
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