A review by chloekg
Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human and Animal Health by Kathryn Bowers, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz

3.0

Immensely readable, this pop-science narration of disease and disease solutions from the animal world shocks, delights, and inspires more questions. Each chapter is a self-contained list of relevant examples and contexts, e.g. obesity, self-mutilation, STDs. My issue was lack of adherence to the initial proposition. There is no driving application to human health from this parade of animal stories. There are flashes of deep ideas and more-or-less personal connection to each chapter, but it felt like a very well narrated collection of topical search results.