Comments on: Book Contributions & Other Stuff

By: Ark Lady

Ark Lady — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:36:43 +0000

Start with the national and international groups–they all have pretty good listings.

By: Lean Yokota

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By: Ark Lady

Ark Lady — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:28:40 +0000

Thanks for the idea. A good one and I am still pondering my next animal book project…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:44:19 +0000

Given your long history with a broad range of animals a book about animal attacks would be interesting, along the lines of why it happened and what the animal’s motivations may have been. A title such as “When Animals Attack (And Why We Let It Happen)” or hopefully something less cheesy conveys the idea.

You’ve already shared some insightful tales of situations in your career that didn’t escalate – such as the aggressive dolphin, the distracted chimp, or the musth elephant. Interweaving those stories/lessons among other more severe/infamous incidents could get your points across well.

Such a book could help inform that 1) it’s usually our own fault from putting ourselves in a bad spot or not recognizing the animal’s predicament, etc.; and 2) animals don’t follow rules of thumb or respond identically – they can be every bit as rational or irrational as humans.

Anyway, it’s just an idea. Basically I’d enjoy seeing such events analyzed with an eye towards showing the animal’s perspective.