Monkey

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Monkey explores our relationship throughout history with this most playful and familiar of creatures. As renowned zoologist Desmond Morris shows, it is not surprising that we are so attracted to them. While we sometimes view monkeys as trivial or comic, their mischievousness is delightful, and their urge to explore and love of activity fascinate us. Morris recounts how baboons were revered in the Egypt of the Pharaohs; monkey deities feature prominently in the ancient religions of China and Japan, and in India sacred status is still given to the langur monkey. He unpicks human attitudes to these clever creatures as he traces their history and drawsa picture of their popularity in culture.

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From his introductory anecdote, recalling the time when a monkey had bitten off my nipples (fortunately the sort that direct water onto a cars windscreen) to the final appendix listing some common uses of the word monkey in English slang, this is Morris at his most articulate and entertaining. * IVU Online News *

Author Bio

Desmond Morris is a world-renowned zoologist and television presenter, and the author of many best-selling books on human and animal behaviour, including Cats in Art (Reaktion, 2017). He has also written four books in Reaktions Animal series.