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Eccentricities of the Animal Creation

by John Timbs

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  1. Introductory - Curiosities of Zoology

    18:27

  2. The Rhinoceros in England

    16:37

  3. Stories of Mermaids

    26:01

  4. Is the Unicorn Fabulous?

    21:17

  5. The Mole at Home

    17:51

  6. The Great Ant-Bear

    22:55

  7. Curiosities of Bats

    30:51

  8. The Hedgehog

    9:25

  9. The Hippopotamus in England

    32:03

  10. Lion-Talk Part 1

    20:32

  11. Lion-Talk Part 2

    22:19

  12. Bird Life

    25:27

  13. Birds' Eggs and Nests

    22:26

  14. The Epicure's Ortolan

    11:02

  15. Talk about Toucans

    13:04

  16. Eccentricities of Penguins

    14:40

  17. Pelicans and Cormorants

    15:14

  18. Talking Birds, Instincts, etc

    26:21

  19. Owls

    16:59

  20. Weather-Wise Animals

    35:22

  21. Fish-Talk Part 1

    25:59

  22. Fish-Talk Part 2

    26:43

  23. Fish in British Columbia

    11:49

  24. The Tree-Climbing Crab

    24:57

  25. Musical Lizards

    5:43

  26. Chameleons and Their Changes

    30:03

  27. Running Toads

    9:11

  28. Song of the Cicada

    3:24

  29. Stories about the Barnacle Goose

    7:45

  30. Leaves about Bookworms

    7:18

  31. Boring Marine Animals, and Human Engineers

    13:01

Eccentricities of the Animal Creation (1869) is a public domain work.

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Reports of unusual animals share space with mermaid stories and unicorn lore in John Timbs's 1869 natural history collection. The introductory chapter traces the keeping of animals in royal menageries and zoological gardens, including the Tower of London. Across the contents, animal bodies and behaviour supply subjects as varied as bats' wings, birds' nests, penguins and the changing colours of chameleons. The book gathers accounts from naturalists, travellers and older authorities.

Toucans receive particularly detailed attention. Timbs brings together descriptions of their bills, forest feeding and tree hollows, alongside observations of birds kept in England. Differences between the reports make the process of collecting animal knowledge part of the interest. Readers can explore how a nineteenth-century writer combined close observation, reported experience and inherited belief when explaining the animal world.

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John Timbs

John Timbs (1801 to 1875) was an English author and editor who produced dozens of popular books on history, curiosities, and everyday life. A tireless collector of anecdote and fact, he had a gift for turning the byways of the past into lively reading.

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Pages
185
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Rita Boutros, Larry Wilson, Daria Chrobok and others