Eccentricities of the Animal Creation
John Timbs
The author has written chapters about various oddities of the animal kingdom, focusing on creatures from the bookworm to the rhinoceros and the mole to the unicorn. (Summary by mleigh) (9 hr 44 min)
Chapters
| 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 |