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FUZZ: When Nature Breaks The Law

By Nils A. Shapiro

Author Mary Roach’s through with their devastations, and all parties left the scream such stories as a baby fatally wounded after a
books invariably climb proceedings satisfied.” rhesus macaque snatched him from his mother’s breast
the national bestseller Not all human-animal problem encounters are settled … a bunch of monkeys stoned a 72-year-old to death …
lists. She has earned so easily, however. As we soon learn in the book’s 15 eight lethal macaque attacks. The monkeys are literally
among her vast fan base chapters, some of them can present real predicaments. everywhere, and the reason is obvious: the Indian religions,
a reputation as “our most Take the case that the author describes in the chapter she in which animals frequently represent various gods. For
consistently entertaining,” titles “THE MONKEY FIX: Birth Control for Marauding example, the wild boar is an avatar of the deity Vishnu;
and “disturbingly funny Macaques.” the monkey is a representative of Hanuman.
j ou rna l i st ” wi t h a n Roach travels to study the situation and meets with
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