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Title: QI: THE BOOK OF ANIMAL IGNORANCE
By: John Mitchinson, John Lloyd
Format: Hardback

List price: £12.99


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ISBN 10: 0571233708
ISBN 13: 9780571233700
Publisher: FABER & FABER
Pub. date: 4 October, 2007
Pages: 304
Description: Presents an off-road safari through a hundred interesting members of the animal kingdom, with illustrations and diagrams. This title covers: 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.
Synopsis: Join the QI team for an off-road safari through a hundred of the most interesting members of the animal kingdom, armed with illuminating illustrations and diagrams by award-winning artist Ted Dewan. 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 end of their tongues. If 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.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Returns: Returnable
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