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A review by moseslh
The Truth about Animals: Stoned Sloths, Lovelorn Hippos, and Other Tales from the Wild Side of Wildlife by Lucy Cooke
3.0
This book was informative, enjoyable, and easy to get through. The book is basically a history of zoology and misconceptions about certain animals, some of which were pretty wild. Cooke cites a number of sources that sound absolutely fascinating, from medieval bestiaries to [b:Lucy: Growing Up Human: A Chimpanzee Daughter in a Psychotherapist's Family|1139945|Lucy Growing Up Human A Chimpanzee Daughter in a Psychotherapist's Family|Maurice K. Temerlin|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1267646708s/1139945.jpg|1127230], the memoir of a psychotherapist who decided to raise a chimpanzee as his daughter, which apparently includes some raunchy scenes with a vacuum cleaner.
However, Cooke's sense of humor doesn't match up perfectly with mine, and I often found myself cringing at her jokes, which were largely unnecessary as the subject matter was already interesting, bizarre, and funny enough without them. She tries too hard to be cute, and on occasion misses the mark in problematic ways in her efforts to make a cheap joke. Her description of female hyenas as "the original chicks with dicks," which also uses the phrase "trans trickery," play into the misconception that trans people are trying to deceive others through their gender presentation (73). The phrasing is entirely inappropriate, using transphobic tropes to convey a misleading message about female hyenas, who are also not attempting to trick anyone, all for the sake of a rhyme and an alliterative phrase that Cooke evidently thought would be a cute way to spice up her writing. It's not cute.
Still, certainly an interesting book overall with plenty of positive features.
However, Cooke's sense of humor doesn't match up perfectly with mine, and I often found myself cringing at her jokes, which were largely unnecessary as the subject matter was already interesting, bizarre, and funny enough without them. She tries too hard to be cute, and on occasion misses the mark in problematic ways in her efforts to make a cheap joke. Her description of female hyenas as "the original chicks with dicks," which also uses the phrase "trans trickery," play into the misconception that trans people are trying to deceive others through their gender presentation (73). The phrasing is entirely inappropriate, using transphobic tropes to convey a misleading message about female hyenas, who are also not attempting to trick anyone, all for the sake of a rhyme and an alliterative phrase that Cooke evidently thought would be a cute way to spice up her writing. It's not cute.
Still, certainly an interesting book overall with plenty of positive features.