Eccentricities of the Animal Creation

Eccentricities of the Animal Creation

by John Timbs

The Eccentricities of the Animal Creation is a nineteenth-century work of natural history by John Timbs. It contains a series of chapters on various oddities of the animal kingdom, from the behaviour of bookworms to the habits of rhinoceroses and moles. Timbs also includes a chapter on the unicorn, a mythical creature that has long fascinated humans.

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