Page 4 - The Islander - November '24

Page 4, The Islander

Book review

What The Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation Of The World’s Most Familiar Bird

By Nils A. Shapiro

All you need to know It is with good reason produced a TV special about that), worked in a pit with
is that the author is Sy that the Boston Globe has 18,000 snakes in Manitoba, swam with piranhas and
Montgomery. described award-winning dolphins in the Amazon, studied octopuses in their Gulf
For millions of readers author Sy Montgomery of Mexico habitat for her classic National Book Award
around the world, and as “a combination of finalist Soul of an Octopus, was undressed by a wild
I do mean millions, the Indiana Jones and Emily orangutan, learned the art of falconry so she could hunt
name Sy Montgomery is Di c ki nson” for t h e as a partner with one of the world’s most feared predators
associated with more than beautiful way in which … and too many more to touch on here.
35 books, many of which she has written about So, I was more than a little surprised when I learned that
have climbed the bestseller such experiences as being Sy’s new book, published this month, is devoted to … chickens!
lists in 25 countries around chased by a silverback My first thought was, what could there possibly be to learn
the world – most describing gorilla in Africa, hunted by about these birds that all of us already know so well?
her exciting adventures with some of nature’s most man-eating tigers in India
fearsome creatures. (National Geographic Book Review on page 5

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