Eccentricities of the Animal Creation
John Timbs
31 chapters · 9 h 45 min · English
Read by Cbteddy, keepitcamino, Christine Rottger, marisad6, Stacey Malcolm, Steve C and others
Nature · Animals
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The author has written chapters about various oddities of the animal kingdom, focusing on creatures from the bookworm to the rhinoceros and the mole to the unicorn. (Summary by mleigh)
Chapters
1 Introductory - Curiosities of Zoology 18 min 2 The Rhinoceros in England 17 min 3 Stories of Mermaids 26 min 4 Is the Unicorn Fabulous? 21 min 5 The Mole at Home 18 min 6 The Great Ant-Bear 23 min 7 Curiosities of Bats 31 min 8 The Hedgehog 9 min 9 The Hippopotamus in England 32 min 10 Lion-Talk Part 1 21 min 11 Lion-Talk Part 2 22 min 12 Bird Life 25 min 13 Birds' Eggs and Nests 22 min 14 The Epicure's Ortolan 11 min 15 Talk about Toucans 13 min 16 Eccentricities of Penguins 15 min 17 Pelicans and Cormorants 15 min 18 Talking Birds, Instincts, etc 26 min 19 Owls 17 min 20 Weather-Wise Animals 35 min 21 Fish-Talk Part 1 26 min 22 Fish-Talk Part 2 27 min 23 Fish in British Columbia 12 min 24 The Tree-Climbing Crab 25 min 25 Musical Lizards 6 min 26 Chameleons and Their Changes 30 min 27 Running Toads 9 min 28 Song of the Cicada 3 min 29 Stories about the Barnacle Goose 8 min 30 Leaves about Bookworms 7 min 31 Boring Marine Animals, and Human Engineers 13 min
