Wait, What?

Lucy Cooke could write about taking out the trash and I'd read it. And enjoy it. So no big surprised that her torpedo of a book was a rollicking good read and educational to boot. Who knew there were "mean girl" animals? And that some species will morph between male and female depending on the need at the time? And what about female dominated species--particular some who engage in a little girl-on-girl action to break the ice? This book will turn the animal knowledge you thought you had on its head, and then spin you around for good measure. It gave me many spiderweb moments, in traveling from this fact, to that premise, to that speculation that maybe, all along, we've been sold a bill of goods about what's "normal" and what's not. It made me wonder about human evolution, and whether or not we're designed to be nice, or rather, hard-wired to be cruel, and it definitely led me to consider research, and the undeclared biases of the folks in the white coats. A thought-provoking, light-hearted, yet meaty book--I highly recommend it.