從亞里斯多德到達爾文、生物學大師林奈到知名獵鱷人史蒂芬‧厄文，人類研究動物已有幾千年，讓我們從中學習到他們的一切，像是蛇沒有手臂、魚在水裡呼吸和熊有複雜的生化神經系統，但一直以來沒有人曾經幫這些動物分等級。

本書兩位作者從陸地、天空、水裡和其他四個動物棲息類別列出35種耳熟能想的動物，利用他們的照片、習性、生活起居等觀察來評斷，並為這些動物排名等級。是一本充滿趣味的精彩動物圖文書。

兩位作者在接受美國亞馬遜網路書店專訪時，暢談這本送給動物愛好者的禮物書的創作過程：

http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Review-Mediocrity-Breathtaking-Stupidity/dp/1608190250/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273995289&sr=1-1

Jacob Lentz has written for Jimmy Kimmel Live since the show’s debut in 2003. A former editor of the Harvard Lampoon, he is the author of Electing Jesse Ventura and coauthor of There’s No 1 in Office: 4293 Meaningless Phrases to Kepp Your Coworkers Smiling While Avoiding Actual Conversation. In his free time he enjoys thinking about animals and looking for opportunities to nap.

Steve Nash has spent the last fifteen years ad a writer in advertising, working for numerous Fortune 500 companies. A recovering premed student with a background in science, he also has a degree in psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara. His favorite book is Electromagnetic and Optical Pulse Propagation 2: Temporal Pulse Dynamics in Dispersive, Attenuative Media.