"Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains" A Conversation with Author Bethany Brookshire
Schedule
Tue, 04 Apr, 2023 at 07:00 pm
Location
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences | Raleigh, NC
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? Why do humans deem certain animals "pests" and others not—from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons? What does this tell us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural world?? Join us in the WRAL 3D Theater for a special conversation between Museum mammalogist, Dr. Mike Cove, and Bethany Brookshire, author of the new book "Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains."
Details: https://naturalsciences.org/calendar/event/pests-how-humans-create-animal-villains/
Join in-person or watch the livestream on YouTube at https://youtube.com/live/a9hB-UPZJs0?feature=share
Copies of "Pests" will be available for purchase and signing from Quail Ridge Books.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required, but seating is limited in the WRAL 3D Theater.
About the Book
At the intersection of science, history, and narrative journalism, Pests is not a simple call to look closer at our urban ecosystem. It’s not a natural history of the animals we hate. Instead, this book is about us. It’s about what calling an animal a pest says about people, how we live, and what we want. It’s a story about human nature, and how we categorize the animals in our midst, including bears and coyotes, sparrows and snakes. Pet or pest? In many cases, it’s entirely a question of perspective.
Bethany Brookshire’s deeply researched and entirely entertaining book will show readers what there is to venerate in vermin, and help them appreciate how these animals have clawed their way to success as we did everything we could to ensure their failure. In the process, we will learn how the pests that annoy us tell us far more about humanity than they do about the animals themselves.
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Where is it happening?
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 W Jones St,Raleigh,NC,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
