books.google.co.uk - Animals begins its story in ancient Greece, at a time when thinkers were trying to construct a coherent image of the universe. They needed to make sense of the world around them and the earliest theories explaining the origins of animals were drawn from the experiences of hunters. Greek philosophers...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Animals_From_Mythology_to_Zoology.html?id=KtKZ12YN9qcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareAnimals: From Mythology to Zoology