I love Mary Roach's books. She combines scientific reporting and respect for researchers and technicians with the sensibilities of the best 5th grade gross out humor. Fuzz:When Nature Breaks the Law covers killer trees, rampaging elephants, marauding bears (committing both property and personal crimes), thieving monkeys, Easter-disrupting gulls, and other wildlife disruptors. Always funny, Roach doesn't have quite as much room for humor with her non-human subjects (and to be honest, I'm not particularly interested in wildlife). Still, I laughed while I learned - or rather, laughed while my "stay away from wild things" attitude was confirmed.
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