Summary
"Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post) Mary Roach on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet. What's to be done about a jaywalking moose? A grizzly bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? As New York T... Full description
- A quick word of introduction
- Maul cops : crime scene forensics when the killer isn't human
- Breaking and entering and eating : how do you handle a hungry bear?
- The elephant in the room : manslaughter by the pound
- A spot of trouble : what makes a leopard a man-eater?
- The monkey fix : birth control for marauding macaques
- Mercurial cougars : how do you count what you can't see?
- When the wood comes down : beware the "danger tree"
- The terror beans : the legume as accomplice to murder
- Okay, boomer : futile military actions against birds
- On the road again : jaywalking with the animals
- To scare a thief : the esoteric art of the frightening device
- The gulls of St. Peter's : the Vatican tries a laser
- The Jesuit and the rat : wildlife management tips from the Pontifical Academy for Life
- Killing with kindness : who cares about a pest?
- The disappearing mouse : the scary magic of gene drives
- The fuzzy trespasser : resources for homeowners.