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Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

June 26, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

My biggest problem with Fuzz is that the whole premise is kind of misleading; this is not really a book about animals breaking laws; it’s mentioned that elephants have killed people, rats and mice destroy agriculture (theft sort of) seagulls destroy the Easter flowers at St Peter’s in the Vatican, and deer cause a lot of traffic damage, but none of this seems to actually be the point. Fuzz is really a book about humans and animals not always getting along, basically there’s a lot […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: animal control, fuzz, Mary Roach, wildlife

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:49 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: animal control, fuzz, Mary Roach, wildlife ·
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“We are irrational in our species-​specific devotions.”

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

May 8, 2022 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

It’s been a few years since I read a Mary Roach book, which seems like a terrible oversight. I generally love Roach’s books, even when the topic isn’t quite my jam (looking at you, Grunt). Its pretty simple to determine why – Mary Roach is hysterically funny. Ever since my first endeavor with her writing when I read Packing for Mars in 2015, I’ve been lowkey in love with her writing style, and am aware that I try to keep my own writing similarly lighthearted […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: animal science, fuzz, human and animal conflicts, Mary Roach

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:33 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: animal science, fuzz, human and animal conflicts, Mary Roach ·
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“The caterpillars were ordered to appear in court on the twenty-eighth of June, at a specified hour, where they would be assigned legal representation.”

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

January 5, 2022 by narfna 16 Comments

I was so happy when Mary Roach announced this book, because I have been missing her writing. I never read her last book, even though I tried and couldn’t get more than ten minutes in before waving the white flag, because reading about warfare and war and its consequences is something that I found actively unpleasant. And this book sounded so silly! And it’s about animals. I fucking love animals! Even the ones most people dislike, like rats and spiders and snakes. I anticipated laughter […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: animal conservation, animals, fuzz, human animal conflicts, Mary Roach, narfna, non fiction, poop, population control, science, when nature breaks the law

narfna's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: animal conservation, animals, fuzz, human animal conflicts, Mary Roach, narfna, non fiction, poop, population control, science, when nature breaks the law ·
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