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Day 20 - #WildOnes #Florida #SongsofSummer
Listen here: https://youtu.be/bpOR_HuHRNs
Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story about Looking at People Looking at Animals in America | 
pickAt first, this book seemed too sad and too much like it was preaching to the choir and I almost DNF‘ed it. But I decided to stick with it and am glad I did. It opened up and explored more complicated questions about conservation than I had ever heard before. Lots of strands of insights that were thought-provoking enough to be well worthwhile.
#booksinthewild. I count my office as the wild. It's a crazy place named after an animal, right? Here, look at half a wall. #uncannyOctober @RealLifeReading
pickThis book made me sad, happy and hopeful all at the same time. It focuses on conservation of three endangered animals, and how humans have been involved since the founding of America. It's fascinating and horrifying and hilarious by turns, and you should definitely pick up a copy.
Two of the last >30 whooping cranes in the world at that point. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT. WHY???? WHY. WHYYYYYY
William Temple Hornaday, the incredibly bizarre, racist, taxidermist head of the Brooklyn Zoo who started the first captive breeding program in America, thought beavers were exceptional at "Original Thought." What the ever loving fuck.
