Animal Review: An Objective Critique of the Genius, Mediocrity, and Breathtaking Stupidity That Is Nature »

Jacob Lentz writes the nightly monologue for the Jimmy Kimmel Show. Steve Nash is an advertising writer. They maintain the beloved blog Animal Review.

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Ever since our ancestors first set eyes on a woolly mammoth and agreed that it needed hunting, human beings have been making judgments about animals. The king cobra: That's an A-plus animal. The garden snail? D-minus. On a good day.

In Animal Review, Jacob Lentz and Steve Nash give authoritative listings and ratings of dozens of your favorite (and least-favorite) animals. Expanded from their popular blog, the entries mix fascinating animal facts with hilarious assessments, set off with brilliantly captioned photos and enlightening charts and graphs. It's a perfect gift for animal lovers of any age, with sophisticated but kid-friendly humor and tons of interesting information.

Foreword viii

Land 1

Panda 2

King Cobra 4

Wildebeest 7

Garden Snail 11

Spotlight on Poisonous Snakes 15

Giraffe 16

North American Mountain Goat 19

Bullet Ant 24

Spotlight on Bears 30

Alpaca 32

Koala 36

Spotlight on Apes 40

Skunk 42

Sky 47

Bald Eagle 48

Locust 53

Owl 57

Spotlight on Birding 60

Vulture 62

Pigeon 67

Water 73

Blue Whale 74

Great White Shark 78

Swordfish 83

Sea Cucumber 86

Spotlight on Extinction 89

Sponge 90

Clam 91

Spotlight on Taxonomy 95

Salmon 97

Octopus 103

Other 109

Hippopotamus 110

Golden Dart Frog 115

Peacock 119

Spotlight on Animal Sounds 123

Capybara 124

Ladybug 127

Photography/Art Credits 132

Acknowledgments 133