Outsider Animals
How the Creatures at the Margins of Our Lives Have the Most to Teach Us
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Product details:
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date of Publication 17 March 2026
- Number of Volumes Print PDF
- ISBN 9780691264240
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages312 pages
- Size 215x139 mm
- Weight 498 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 9 b/w illus. 781
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“This is a truly compelling book, rich with scientific expertise and humor.”—Isabella Rossellini
From one of our foremost experts on behavioral evolution, an entertaining exploration of what raccoons, rats, and other animal intruders teach us about intelligence, adaptability, and ourselves
When we think of animals that provide the greatest insights into animal cognition and behavior, primates and honeybees come to mind, or perhaps whales or octopus. What about the raccoons that plunder our rubbish at night, or the coyotes that threaten pets and livestock, or the gulls that divebomb for snacks at the beach? Outsider Animals challenges everything you thought you knew about the overlooked animals that live in proximity to humans, sharing the stories that each has to tell about adaptation and cohabitation on our increasingly crowded planet.
Marlene Zuk gives us a new appreciation for the animals we often shun, explaining why these unpopular creatures have something special to teach us not only about the ways we deal with other species but about our own place in nature and what it means for an animal to belong somewhere. You will discover how coyotes and snakes shed light on our coevolution with predators, what cockroaches tell us about the evolution of pregnancy, how butterflies make us reconsider the effects of roadside pollution, how cowbirds and mynas are forcing ecologists to think differently about invasive species, and much more.
Writing with an infectious blend of humor and curiosity, Zuk invites us to reflect on our relationships with these close-to-home creatures and the ways our lives encroach on theirs, and to draw lessons from their behavior in all its fascinating complexity.
"Written with wit and charm, this book might change minds about unpopular creatures." More
