A playful, enlightening, and effervescent exposé ( Scientific American ) on the queens of the animal kingdom Studying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like a sad freak.
It\'s more inclusive, truer to life, and, simply, more fun..
This isn\'t your grandfather\'s evolutionary biology.
Whether investigating same-sex Female albatross couples that raise chicks, murderous mother meerkats, or the titanic battle of the sexes waged by ducks, Cooke shows us a new evolutionary biology, one where females can be as dynamic as any male.
In Bitch , Cooke tells a new story.
Since Charles Darwin, evolutionary biologists have been convinced that the males of the animal kingdom are the interesting ones--dominating and promiscuous, while females are dull, passive, and devoted.
Being Female meant she was, by nature, a loser.
The problem was her sex.
Not because she loved spiders or would root around in animal feces: all her friends shared the same curious kinks.
A playful, enlightening, and effervescent exposé ( Scientific American ) on the queens of the animal kingdom Studying zoology made Lucy Cooke feel like a sad freak
