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Fuzz : when nature breaks the law

Roach, Mary. (Author).

Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post) Mary Roach on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A grizzly bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? As author Mary Roach discovers, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology. Roach tags along with animal attack forensics investigators, human-elephant conflict specialists, bear managers, and "danger tree" faller-blasters. She travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Himalaya to St. Peter's Square in the early hours before the Pope arrives for Easter Mass, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. Along the way, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature's lawbreakers. Combining little- known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and mugging macaques, Fuzz offers hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habitat.

Large Print Book  - 2022
LP 591.5 Roa
1 copy / 0 on hold

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  • ISBN: 9781432894269
  • Physical Description 455 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
  • Edition Large print edition.
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2022.

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Fuzz : When Nature Breaks the Law
Fuzz : When Nature Breaks the Law
by Roach, Mary
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Table of Contents

Fuzz : When Nature Breaks the Law

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
A Quick Word of Introductionp. 9
1Maul Cops
    Crime Scene Forensics When the Killer Isn't Humanp. 15
2Breaking and Entering and Eating
    How Do You Handle a Hungry Bear?p. 45
3The Elephant in the Room
    Manslaughter by the Poundp. 86
4A Spot of Trouble
    What Makes a Leopard a Man-Eater?p. 115
5The Monkey Fix
    Birth Control for Marauding Macaquesp. 142
6Mercurial Cougars
    How Do You Count What You Can't See?p. 176
7When the Wood Comes Down Beware the "Danger Tree"p. 203
8The Terror Beans
    The Legume as Accomplice to Murderp. 220
9Okay, Boomer
    Futile Military Actions Against Birdsp. 247
10On the Road Again
    Jaywalking with the Animalsp. 270
11To Scare a Thief
    The Esoteric Art of the Frightening Devicep. 300
12The Gulls of St. Peter's
    The Vatican Tries a Laserp. 318
13The Jesuit and the Rat
    Wildlife Management Tips from the Pontifical Academy for Lifep. 340
14Killing With Kindness
    Who Cares About a Pest?p. 357
15The Disappearing Mouse
    The Scary Magic of Gene Drivesp. 391
Acknowledgmentsp. 419
The Fuzzy Trespasser: Resources for Homeownersp. 423
Bibliographyp. 427