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Book

The big, bad book of beasts : the world's most curious creatures

Call Number

  • 591.5 L322 (OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013]

Physical Description

xv, 444 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

"A one-of-a-kind treasury of the most strange and fascinating knowledge and lore about animals. Largo tells us their most fascinating secrets and reveals fact after astonishing--and often hilarious--fact about their oddest behavior. Largo also looks at the beasts we created with our imaginations, as well as ones long gone"--

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