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Eccentricities of the Animal Creation

Name: Eccentricities of the Animal Creation
Author: John Timbs

John Timbs

Read by Cbteddy, keepitcamino, Christine Rottger, marisad6, Stacey Malcolm, Steve C, Rita Boutros, Shelly Weingart, Daria Chrobok, George Banfield, Verla Viera, mleigh, romnempire, Cassandra Franulovich, czandra, David Lawrence and Larry Wilson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Introductory - Curiosities of Zoology (18:27)
The Rhinoceros in England (16:37)
Stories of Mermaids (26:01)
Is the Unicorn Fabulous? (21:17)
The Mole at Home (17:51)
The Great Ant-Bear (22:55)
Curiosities of Bats (30:51)
The Hedgehog (9:25)
The Hippopotamus in England (32:03)
Lion-Talk Part 1 (20:32)
Lion-Talk Part 2 (22:19)
Bird Life (25:27)
Birds' Eggs and Nests (22:26)
The Epicure's Ortolan (11:02)
Talk about Toucans (13:04)
Eccentricities of Penguins (14:40)
Pelicans and Cormorants (15:14)
Talking Birds, Instincts, etc (26:21)
Owls (16:59)
Weather-Wise Animals (35:22)
Fish-Talk Part 1 (25:59)
Fish-Talk Part 2 (26:43)
Fish in British Columbia (11:49)
The Tree-Climbing Crab (24:57)
Musical Lizards (5:43)
Chameleons and Their Changes (30:03)
Running Toads (9:11)
Song of the Cicada (3:24)
Stories about the Barnacle Goose (7:45)
Leaves about Bookworms (7:18)
Boring Marine Animals, and Human Engineers (13:01)