Why do crocodiles have stones in their bellies? Do you know how long they have been around on earth? Here’s a hint—an ancestor of the crocodile was so large that it ate dinosaurs!  A gross but effective method of self-defence—a turkey vulture defends itself by bringing forth foul smelling vomit of a semi-digested meal. Here’s what happens when wrong stuff gets into the food chain—there was a rapid decrease of the number of vultures in India because a drug called diclofenac was fed to livestock.  Is there any connection between animals and coffee? Apparently, yes. Civet coffee, the world’s most expensive coffee, has a unique harvesting method which involves the civet.  Fascinating bits of information, right? Join the authors Arefa and Raza H. Tehsin as they uncover these and many more fascinating facts about various animals in Do Tigers Drink Blood? And 13 Other Mysteries of Nature. Raza’s rich experience of setting up three wildlife sanctuaries, reporting fourteen new animals and writing three books on wildlife, lend credibility to the information shared in the book.  The choice nuggets you pick up while reading this book will, besides increasing your knowledge about animals, give you enough ammunition for social situations that need you to start and carry on conversations. And of course, it goes without saying that you will never look at animals (the ones written about in this book) in the same way again. The fascinating facts about them that you glean from this book will make you feel ‘closer’ to them than ever before. What would happen if the moon fell out of its orbit? The possibilities of such an event are explained by Roopa Pai in such a way that you understand the nuances of the moon’s existence effortlessly. Several other fine details about various interesting topics await readers of What if the Earth Stopped Spinning? And 24 Other Mysteries of Science. You will learn fascinating stuff like how your taste buds were acutely sensitive when you were a baby and that you lose all that sensitivity as you grow up. Some people however, are supertasters and they stay that way. Oh, and Roopa tells you that sugar does have an effect on behaviour, but on parents’ behaviour not children’s!  Several fascinating questions are answered in the book. Have you ever wondered where lost weight goes? And if you had any ...