June Nonfiction CAT: Animals

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It shouldn’t be hard to find nonfiction about animals! There are books that deal with animals broadly: e.g., Sentient by Jackie Higgins, Weird Life by David Toomey, An Immense World by Ed Yong. Or you could focus on one particular type of animal, e.g., Sex on Six Legs by Marlene Zuk, The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman, or even one specific animal, e.g., My Beloved Monster by Caleb Carr, Marley & Me by John Grogan, Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand. Humans are, of course, animals too, but in keeping with this month’s theme, the best choices will focus on humans’ animal nature—biology, anatomy, ethology, relationship to other species of animals, and such: e.g., Thinking Animals: Animals and the Development of Human Intelligence by Paul Shepard or Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.

Don’t forget to update the wiki.

I've got The Hidden World of the Fox lined up for this month.

I plan to read Where is the Great Barrier Reef? in the “Where is?” series for kids.

I may re-read Animal Wise by Virginia Morell

I'm sure I have plenty on my tbr to fit this one! (This may be an understatement!)

Also, I'm currently listening to the audiobook of Life on Earth by David Attenborough, it's a long one so I may well still be reading it into June.

I plan to listen to something by David Attenborough, too. Maybe also Life on Earth, or Living Planet.

I finished Ornithography by Jessica Roux

I finished The Hidden World of the Fox, it was short but very interesting.

And that's the wonderful audiobook of David Attenborough's Life on Earth completed too - spectacular, because of course it was! The original TV series of Life on Earth in the 1970s was I think my introduction to David Attenborough, and his voice is still the only one us Brits can imagine narrating natural history programming. This book was published around 40 years after the TV series, so although it sticks to the original series format, it has updated the narrative with the many scientific discoveries that have happened since the TV series was originally shown.

July's thread is posted here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/384980

I read Crow by Boria Sax, which is mostly an overview about how corvids have been viewed in human culture and religion.

I finished Where is the Great Barrier Reef? in the nonfiction series for children.

I read Supersize Crochet Animals by Kristi Simpson, a collection of patterns to make 20 different stuffed animals.

I read Cat wars : the devastating consequences of a cuddly killer by Peter P. Marra and Chris Santella. The book presents the problem of free ranging cats and the damage they are doing to wildlife. The evidence is compelling. I wish everyone who has a position in local governments would read this and consider what needs to be done in their local communities. Educating the public being one of the main things that needs to be done. I think this is an important book and needs much wider dissemination.

I read The Tribe of Tiger: Cats and Their Culture by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. I was slightly disappointed with this.