Animal Vegetable Criminal: When Nature Breaks the Law

Animal Vegetable Criminal: When Nature Breaks the Law

Mary Roach
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Author:  Mary Roach
Condition:  Used, Very Good
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  320
Publisher:  Oneworld Publications
Year:  2021
ISBN:  9781786078346

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the dustjacket has a tear of about 1 cm at the bottom; otherwise new and unread

AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF 2021

'Delightful' Ed Yong

What's to be done about a drunken elephant? A monkey caught mugging passers-by? A trespassing squirrel?

Follow Mary Roach as she investigates laser scarecrows, robo-hawks, human-elephant conflict specialists and monkey impersonators. Travel to the bear-busy back alleys of Aspen, the gull-vandalized floral displays at the Vatican and leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Himalayas. In this fresh, funny and thoroughly researched book, dive into the weird and wonderful moments when humanity and wildlife bump up against one another.

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