A modern-day bestiary of the most incredible animals
the world has ever seen—with 200 full-color illustrations
An excerpt
Sharks are pretty pleased with themselves, and so they should be. You see, they are basically rippling slabs of muscle in gunmetal grey, with row upon row of huge razor-sharp teeth—awesome eating machines that have remained unchanged for millennia. . . . Of course, some sharks don’t look so tough. Think of the bizarre hammerhead, goblin, and frilled sharks. Not that they’re to be trifled with. And then there’s the cookie cutter shark, a sniveling little guttersnipe who looks more like a fat lady’s arm holding a kitchen utensil than the pinnacle of predatory evolution.
Sir Pilkington-Smythe is an erstwhile scholar, self-professed connoisseur, raconteur, and bon vivant who gallivants around the globe in search of the most outlandish anecdotes, and
this is his bestiary. Danny Beck helps him out with his bags and with big words. An award-winning writer and filmmaker with a BS in biology, he is also an ardent naturalist.
