The Animal Review: The Genius, Mediocrity, and Breathtaking Stupidity That Is Nature (Hardcover) by Jacob Lentz, Steve Nash

from guyalice

A very funny and surprisingly educational book-o-facts on animals. Lentz and Nash have rated a range of animals (by Land, Sky, Water, and "Other"), though their criteria on which creatures get a passing or failing grade seems to be random. Pandas (for their miserable mating habits) and alpacas (f...

from Jenson_AKA_DL

"The Animal Review" is a tongue-in-cheek pseudo-scientific look at the animals of our world using a outlandishly biased method of grading. It was cute in parts and even though I can't say as I agreed with much of the scale criteria, I still found it an amusing read. I think that the manner of pub...

from MelindaLibrary

This is an enjoyable, informative, and occasionally hilarious book. The only drawback is the use of sexist language, which lost the book a star. Other than that, I truly enjoyed this book, which is both educational and humorous (the authors interpretations of Latin words is great). Reading this b...

from masterdeski

Well, it would certainly be up to the individual as to whether these authors' humour is to your taste. I'd suggest checking out their website before buying this book to see if you like it. My take was about 50/50. Some of the irreverent and crass comments were borderline offensive, and I certainl...

from skullfaced

A caveat: I'm one of the objective-type people dissed in the introduction of this book. I actually hold a bachelor's in wildlife biology. I understand what this book was trying to do, and it held a lot of potential. A subjective view and review of various species, cool. Unfortunately, the book do...