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is on page 57 of 208
On page 57 on animal senses (specifically Listen), the little brown bat is described, with its echolocation skills. Yet, the picture is clearly a flying fox; flying foxes (fruit bats) are incapable of echolocation, except for one genus, Rousettus. People, please, get the facts right!!
— Feb 19, 2014 04:56PM
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Angie
is on page 189 of 208
Oh my gosh, no. COME ON!! They used the description of a slender loris for the slow loris. The range of slow lorises is mentioned as southern India and Sri Lanka; nope, completely wrong, slow lorises do not live there at all, that's slender lorises. Also, any modern scientific paper will tell you that fruit is not a significant component of loris diets.
— Feb 19, 2014 05:15PM
Angie
is on page 95 of 208
Um...so...I'm really not *trying* to spot these but the "slow loris" on this page is actually a slender loris. From one of his other books. In fact, I'm starting to notice a lot of familiar-looking pictures...
— Feb 19, 2014 05:08PM
Angie
is on page 64 of 208
Vampire bats do not "suck" blood; this is a common misconception. They make a small cut with their super-sharp incisors. Their saliva has an anticoagulant in it, which keeps the blood from clotting, and they lap up the blood then. They usually only drink an ounce or so, and most animals never even wake up through the process. Sigh... and the perpetuation of bat myths continues...
— Feb 19, 2014 05:02PM
