Acting Wild: How We Behave Like Birds, Bugs, and Beasts
Contents Introduction Let It Grow That’ll Teach You Laugh It Up Dealing with Death Creature Construction Tools of the Trade Join the Conversation 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Clean as a Whistle It’s All Fun and Games This Calls for Teamwork Time for a Trip Animals of the World Unite Glossary Suggested Reading 22 24 26 28 30 32 32
Hey human How goes it What’s wrong Never talked to an ant before Oh I get it You think you’re better than me I’m just a lowly ol bug And you’re a big important human right Not so fast I’ll let you in on a little secret we’re a lot alike No seriously I mean it You are an ANIMAL Same as me 6
It’s true You’re a member of a species called Homo sapiens Which means you’re a primate-just like a chimpanzee a baboon and a lemur So you dear human are officially part of the animal kingdom And that makes us relatives Really really REALLY distant relatives But relatives nonetheless And like relatives we animals have plenty of things in common Don’t believe me C’mon let’s journey through the wild to see how you behave just like an animal I guarantee that you’ll soon see the family resemblance
