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Despite originating more than twoandahalf thousand years ago Aesops Fables are still passed on from parent to child and are embedded in our collective consciousness The morals we have learned from these tales continue to inform our judgements but have the stories also informed how we regard their animal protagonists If so is there any truth behind the stereotypes Are wolves deceptive villains Are crows insightful geniuses And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race
In Aesops Animals zoologist Jo Wimpenny turns a critical eye to the fables to discover whether there is any scientific truth to Aesops portrayal of the animal kingdom She brings the tales into the twentyfirst century introducing the latest findings on some of the most fascinating branches of ethological researchthe study of why animals do the things they do In each chapter she interrogates a classic fable and a different topicfuture planning tool use selfrecognition cooperation and deceptionconcluding with a verdict on the veracity of each fables portrayal from a scientific perspective
By sifting fact from fiction in one of the most beloved texts of our culture Aesops Animals explores and challenges our preconceived notions about animals the way they behave and the roles we both play in our shared world
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