The Other Animals

Description

[Explicit Content] In The Other Animals , a worm breaks up with a snail, a vulture contemplates the act of killing, a whale falls in love with a song, and more. This funny, moving collection of eight stories - written by a crew of scientists, literary writers, and comics, and informed by animal behavioral science - explores what animal perspectives can show humans about the world we all share. It includes stories by Daniel Mallory Ortberg ( Something That May Shock and Discredit You ), R. Eric Thomas (Here for It) , Ken Liu ( The Paper Menagerie ), Lulu Miller ( Why Fish Don't Exist ), Kelly Weinersmith ( Soonish ), Shruti Swamy (O'Henry Award winner), Max McClure ( Grist ), and Kaeli Swift ( Biosphere ).