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Cat Orchestra and the Elephant Butler, Paperback / softback Book

Cat Orchestra and the Elephant Butler Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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From dancing horses to showers of living cats and dogs, this book presents the peculiar history of performing animals and zoological wonders. "The Cat Orchestra & the Elephant Butler" presents astounding tales from across the rich folklore of the animal kingdom: a learned pig more admired than Sir Isaac Newton by the English public, an elephant that Lord Byron wanted to employ as his butler, and a dancing horse whose skills in mathematics were praised by William Shakespeare.

Jan Bondeson tells ten fascinating stories of myths and hoaxes, beliefs and Ripley-like facts, concerning the animal kingdom.

Throughout he recounts - and in some instances solves - mysteries of the natural world which have puzzled scientists for centuries.

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