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Sloths


Sloths

A Celebration of the World's Most Misunderstood Mammal

von: William Hartston

6,99 €

Verlag: Atlantic Books
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 18.10.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9781786494245
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 208

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A wonderfully entertaining celebration of that most unique of creatures: the sloth.
In public estimation, sloths have undergone an astonishing transformation in the course of the past few years. Thanks largely to YouTube clips posted by the sloth orphanage in Costa Rica, sloths have attracted a vast audience of admirers. Instead of seeing them as ridiculous anachronisms of which we know little, they have turned into creatures considered by many to be the most endearing on earth.
Over much the same period, scientific investigations have also changed our view of sloths. No longer are they seen as total misfits in the modern world but, in the words of one specialist sloth investigator, they are 'masters of an alternative lifestyle'.
In this wonderfully entertaining celebration of this most unique of creatures, William Hartston reveals the fascinating history of the sloth, from the prehistoric ground sloth to modern pygmy sloths in Panama, explores the current state of the science of sloths and reveals the truth behind sloth behaviour.
William Hartston is a Cambridge-educated mathematician and industrial psychologist. Between 1962 and 1987 he played chess competitively, becoming an international master and winning the British chess championship in 1973 and 1975. He runs competitions in creative thinking at the annual Mind Sports Olympiad, writes the off-beat Beachcomber column for the
Daily Express, where he is also the opera critic, and is the author of several books on chess, numbers, humour and trivia, including
The Things That Nobody Knows and
Even More Things That Nobody Knows. He is also one of the viewers on Channel 4's
Gogglebox.

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