Animals behaving badly : boozing bees, cheating chimps, dogs with guns, and other beastly true tales /

Lombardi, Linda, 1961-

Animals behaving badly : boozing bees, cheating chimps, dogs with guns, and other beastly true tales / Linda Lombardi. - New York, N.Y. : Penguin, c2011. - xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

"A Perigee book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Not as cute as they want you to think -- Muggers, burglars, and thieves -- Assault, running amok, and arson -- Kinky creatures -- Animal family values -- Party animals -- Beastly devices and deceits -- Masters of misdirection -- With friends like these... -- Our own worst enemies -- Ungrateful beasts -- Heroic humans.

Lombardi shows that animals are just like us: gluttonous, selfish, violent, lustful, and always looking out for number one. You'll feel a little better about humanity's basest impulses after reading about the secrets that animals don't want you to know.

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