The animal world is full of mysteries Why do dogs slurp from their drinking bowls while cats lap up water with a delicate flick of the tongue? How does a tiny turtle hatchling from Florida circle the entire northern Atlantic before returning to the very beach where it hatched? & how can a Komodo dragon kill a water buffalo with a bite only as strong as a domestic cat's? These puzzles
- & many more besides
- are all explained by physics From heat & light to electricity & magnetism Furry Logic unveils the ways that more than 30 animals exploit physics to eat drink mate & dodge death in their daily battle for survival Along the way science journalists Matin Durrani & Liz Kalaugher introduce the great physicists whose discoveries helped us understand the animal world as well as the animal experts of today who are scouring the planet to find & study the animals that seem to push the laws of physics to the limit Presenting mind-bending physics principles in a simple & engaging way Furry Logic will appeal both to animal lovers & to those curious to see how physics crops up in the natural world It's more of a howdunit' than a whodunit though you're unlikely to guess some of the answers