Encyclopedia of Pitiful Creatures (2021)

Synopsis

Continues the story of Zannen na Ikimono Jiten (2019)

This 2019 educational anime consists of eight short episodes, adapted from the popular Zannen na Ikimono Jiten book series. Every episode shares entertaining and unexpected true facts about animals that possess peculiar or unfortunate evolutionary features — for instance, raccoons do not actually rinse their food, and dolphins can drown if they enter a state of complete sleep.

In this installment

A 2021 Japanese television anthology series adapted from Tadaaki Imaizumi's well-known children's book. Every brief, humorous episode presents "pitiful facts" about actual animals that got the short end of the evolutionary stick, blending comedy with authentic animal-ecology information.