The Modern Bestiary: A Curated Collection of Wondrous Creatures

The Modern Bestiary is a compendium of curious creatures, including well-known and lesser-known species, arranged by elements. It features well-known species told from new angles, as well as stranger and lesser-known creatures, such as carnivorous mice, cross-dressing cuttlefish, and antechinuses. It also includes aliens on Earth, such as tardigrades, tongue-eating lice, and immortal jellyfish. Written by a zoologist with a flair for storytelling, it is a fascinating celebration of the animal kingdom.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2024
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

From the familiar to the improbable, the gross to the endearing, The Modern Bestiary is a compendium of curious creatures. It includes both animals that have made headlines and those you've probably never heard of, such as skin-eating caecilians, harp sponges, or zombie worms - also known as bone-eating snot flowers.

Arranged by elements (Earth, Water, Air), The Modern Bestiary contains well-known species told from new, unexpected angles (rats that drive cars; fish that communicate by passing wind), as well as stranger and lesser-known creatures, including carnivorous mice that howl at the moon, cross-dressing cuttlefish, and antechinuses - small marsupials that literally mate themselves to death.

Finally, there are the aliens on Earth - the incredible, the surreal, the magical - such as tardigrades, tongue-eating lice, and immortal jellyfish, creatures so astonishing that they make unicorns look rather commonplace. Written by a zoologist with a flair for storytelling, this is a fascinating celebration of the animal kingdom.

Weight: 180g
Dimension: 139 x 197 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472289636