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  • Absurd-but-True Animal Stories

  • By: Kyla Colby
  • Narrated by: Jeanie Talbot
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (18 ratings)

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Absurd-but-True Animal Stories

By: Kyla Colby
Narrated by: Jeanie Talbot
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Publisher's summary

Who is more absurd? Animals or the humans who try to make sense of them?

This collection features more than 15 cute, newsy, and fun animal stories!

Snag a copy of Absurd-but-True Animal Stories to hear these stories:

  • Can a gorilla be too handsome?
  • The birds and the bees, as taught to pandas
  • Manbearpigs gone wild
  • Your dog is time-traveling without you
  • Charlie and the elephant nature factory
  • Cock-a-doodle-don’t
  • Bower eye for the bird guy
  • And many more!

These stories are collected from Animailya, an email newsletter that ran from 2015 to 2017. Animailya was once featured as the Forward of the Week by TinyLetter.

Scroll up and click “Buy Now” to get your paws on this collection of silly animal stories!

©2018 Kyla Colby (P)2018 Kyla Colby
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Absurd-but-True Animal Stories

This is a fun and engaging collection of animal stories. Many different animals are included in these quick stories. Alongside the silly and lightheartedness of this collection there is also a message to take care and to be kind to animals. Narrator Jeanie Talbot makes listening to this book fun and entertaining.

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Absurd?

Short "fun facts". Silly at times. You will learn as you laugh and snicker. "I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review." Get Absurd-but-True Animal Stories only if you are looking for a giggle.

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Entertaining Diversion

As I grow older, I find myself seeking the things that help keep me sane in this world of ours. And that has seen my social media feeds change from discourse and arguments, to a lot more animal videos. When I saw this I felt it was the perfect opportunity to hear some out-there and potentially hilarious stories about animals. It was.

Essentially the verbal version of a list of short anecdotes and stories and some goofiness, it was definitely entertaining and scratched the itch that I wanted scratched. I enjoyed the fact that the author and subsequently the narrator gave in to the fact that the stories were silly in some cases, but managed to hold onto the fact that there were some small areas of seriousness about being good to animals and protecting them and the sad fact that some species' survival is entirely in our hands.

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DOWN RIGHT CUTE!

OMG This audiobook is too cute for words!
Loved all the cute, quirky stories, made for a very enjoyable listen.

It'll surely make you smile. Definitely worth a checkout!

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Adorable!

I listened to this with my 10 year old and we were both laughing out loud and enjoyed this so much! Great stories for any animal lover! Narration was really well done!

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Very Entertaining

Was fun to listen to this great narrator relay these interesting little stories. I am not normally into short stories but this was a definite exception to this rule.

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Absurdly Cute Short Tales or Tails

Absurd-but-True Animal Stories was indeed what the title says. They were interesting and animals are so funny in whatever they do. I love animals so much as they give unconditional love. It was a nice collection compiled by Kyla Colby. I wish it had been longer. There were a few stories I enjoyed more than others but all were pretty cute.

Jeanie Talbot's narration was okay albeit at times a little raucous to the point it was distracting. This was only with a few stories. She had a great voice when she wasn't over inflecting. I'd still listen to both author and reader.

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so funny

This book was like reading the onion from an animal perspective!! I laughed and cried a little bit as I got an insight to the animal kingdom! The narrator is amazing! This book is well worth a credit!! I received this book for free for an honest review.

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Cute stories

A nice collection of cute animals stories. The narrator really made listening to them fun. I was given a free copy of this book and am voluntarily reviewing it.

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short but cute

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I thought this a was short but fun listen. No clue how "true" the tales are, but I was truly entertained. :) The narration is well done, as well. All in all, this was a great distraction for my long commute.

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