51动漫

鈥淭hen,鈥� admits William Corliss, introducing the 17th volume in his
staggering Catalog of Biological Anomalies, 鈥渢here is the compiler鈥檚 inherent
tendency to favour the curious and bizarre in nature.鈥� But Birds, for all that
Corliss falls at all the usual hurdles (his lack of maths makes him suspicious
of Darwinism), is never less than open-minded in its accumulation of awkward
ornithological facts. Anyway, how does a puffin catch several fish in its beak
without dropping the first one? Published by Sourcebook Project, $29.95,
ISBN 0915554321.