Disclaimer: this post is mostly going to be a misanthropic rant. Sorry. I did like the book.
Why is it that humans are so greedy and destructive? This well written book is subtitled "A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures" and reading it raised my blood pressure considerably. I am so incredibly tired of reading, daily, accounts of the horrible things humans do, actively destroying the planet, the environment, animals, fellow humans, just anything in their path. Seriously. So incredibly tired. I am sick and tired of how disgustingly stupid and selfish the vast majority of humans are. I guess I am glad there are people like the author who care enough to do something concrete to draw attention to the plight of these amazing creatures who will most likely be extinct in my lifetime. I'm just sorry that there aren't enough humans who care to stop it, and there are relatively so few of us there isn't much any of us can do. Oh well.
I guess the subject matter was depressingly appropriate for a season all about scares and frights, so there's that.
But really, the book is lovely, informative, and well written so I do highly recommend it.
