# The Modern Bestiary

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- Authors: [Joanna Bagniewska](https://www.bookquiver.com/joanna-bagniewska)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2022-09-15

## Description

From the familiar to the improbable, the gross to the endearing, The Modern Bestiary is a compendium of curious creatures. It includes both animals that have made headlines and those you've probably never heard of, such as skin-eating caecilians, harp sponges, or zombie worms - also known as bone-eating snot flowers. Arranged by elements (Earth, Water, Air), The Modern Bestiary contains well-known species told from new, unexpected angles (rats that drive cars; fish that communicate by passing wind), as well as stranger and lesser-known creatures, including carnivorous mice that howl at the moon, cross-dressing cuttlefish, and antechinuses - small marsupials that literally mate themselves to death. Finally, there are the 'aliens on Earth' - the incredible, the surreal, the magical - such as tardigrades, tongue-eating lice and immortal jellyfish, creatures so astonishing that they make unicorns look rather commonplace. Written by a zoologist with a flair for storytelling, this is a fascinating celebration of the animal kingdom.

## Editions

### The Modern Bestiary

- Publisher: wildfire
- ISBN: 978-14-7228-963-6
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2024-02-01
- Language: en_GB

### The Modern Bestiary

- Publisher: smithsonian_books
- ISBN: 978-15-8834-730-5
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2022-09-27
- Language: en_US

### The Modern Bestiary

- Publisher: wildfire
- ISBN: 978-14-7228-960-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2022-09-15
- Language: en_GB

### The Modern Bestiary

- Publisher: wildfire
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7228-961-2
- Published: 2022-09-15
- Language: en_GB

### The Modern Bestiary

- Publisher: wildfire
- ISBN: 978-10-3540-216-8
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2022-09-15
- Language: en_GB

### The Modern Bestiary

- Publisher: wildfire
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-14-7228-962-9
- Published: 2022-09-15
- Language: en_GB