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A Lion Cub at the London Zoo.
Source: Photograph by F.W. Bond in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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3, 4, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25? Is that too many?
Thanks for letting me procrastinate on this jorjorwel essay. Time to make a fool of myself.
3. Top five books of the year
Uhhh ....lol. based on how much I think about them on the regular.
Simulacra and Simulation (jean baudrillard)
The Huxleys: an intimate history (Alison Bashford, this one is so close to being number one but I really like baudrillards cultural analyses lol)
Eating Apes (Dale Peterson)
A Room of One's Own (virginia Woolf)
The fire next time (James Baldwin)
4. Did you discover any new authors you love this year?
Honestly I'm glad that I got to pick up some Naomi Klein, even though I didn't particularly like No Logo I am definitely going to check out her other writing. James Baldwin as well but I didn't discover him, I just really enjoy his writing style.
12. Any disappointing books?
So maybe I read Yellowface by RF kuang to see what the buzz was about! It was okay. It felt like reading tumblr discourse but it was nothing revolutionary.
13. Least favourite books of the year?
Peter Chalmers Mitchell's childhood of animals LOL, in fact a lot of the Zoo texts were EXTREMELY dry. I love the content and would read it on my own time but having to comb through it for socialism/eugenics when there is so much for these zoo admins to talk about in terms of animal behaviour is quite tiresome. I learned a lot about 1912 protozoa studies though. Same cannot be said for literally anything EG Boulenger has written. That man writes like shit and his layman writing makes it seem like he got his biology degree by filling out a form in the Daily Mail.
Oh also Fathers and Sons by Turgenev and Richard Halperns Norman Rockwell: The Underside of Innocence.
17. Any books surprise you with how good they were?
Well, did cry reading a room of one's own so that was pretty great. David M. Kennedy's freedom from fear was a little pessimistic but just a beautiful book overall.
18. How many books did you buy?
The Zoo ones. No archive had them. No libraries wanted to loan them. So I had to take matters into my own hands. 馃拃馃拃馃拃馃拃
21. Did you get involved with booktok/bookblr/booktube drama?
Sometimes my irl bestie sends me shocking book premises about like having sex with doorknobs and balloons or some British lady eviscerating Colleen Hoover but I don't get involved with that kind of thing.
22. Longest book read this year?
I think freedom from fear was 900 pages. This is what I do instead of reading war and peace. Maybe next year I'll finally read war and piece. Or maybe I'll read the entirety of The Science of Life. Who knows.
22. What's the fastest you've read a book?
I read Yellowface in a day but I think that's the point.
25. Reading goals for next year?
Honestly not much, just read what makes me happy. Which will be very unfortunate for everyone who will be receiving British naturalist fancams in their DMs from me. I'd like to reread eating apes tbh. I'd like to make an effort to take books from the library more too. I should stop reading so much academia but I should also start cracking open Foucault. I really want to read The Delectable Negro as well, and get more involved in anthropological studies.
Yay thanks for all the questions :) ily
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Siamang gibbon showing pouch.
Source: Photograph by F.W. Bond in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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Orangutan with Wallaby at London Zoo.
Source: Photograph by F.W. Bond in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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An Australian echidna.
Notes: Edward George Boulenger was the Director of Zoological Society of London's Aquarium as well as its curator of fish and later curator of reptiles. David Seth-Smith would intermittently serve as the Society's curator of mammals and birds, but was perhaps best known for his career as a nature broadcaster, and is colloquially and affectionately known as the 'Zoo Man' by young contemporaries.
Source: Photograph by F.W. Bond in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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An angel fish.
Source: Photograph by W.S. Put in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
#angel fish#fish#cichlids#looks like...#pterophyllum scalare#?#EG Boulenger#ZSL#1930s#1931#aquatic#sea creatures#fishes
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Polar bear at the London Zoo.
Note: The London Zoo had two famous polar bears over the beginning of the 20th century. Their names were Sam and Barbara. Although they bred many times, no offspring survived.
Source: Photograph by P.G. Luck in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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Short-headed Phalanger (sugar glider) and young.
Note: Edward George Boulenger was the Director of Zoological Society of London's Aquarium as well as its curator of fish and later curator of reptiles.
Source: Photograph by F.W. Bond in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931)
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Demidiff's Galago, known today as Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby.
Source: Photograph by D. Seth-Smith, in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
#demidiff's galago#prince demidoff's bushbaby#bushbaby#mammals#primates#if you could believe it!!#EG Boulenger#Animal Ways#ZSL#1930s#1931
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Capped Langur and Young.
Source: Photograph by D. Seth-Smith in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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Sacred baboon and young.
Source: Photograph by F.W. Bond in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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Giraffe at the London Zoo.
Note: The giraffes have occupied the same exhibit at the London Zoo for more than a hundred years. If it isn't broken, do not fix it.
Source: Photograph by P.G. Luck in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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Lion cubs at London Zoo.
Source: Photograph by F.W. Bond in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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Griffon Vulture, the patriarch of the Zoo, where it has lived for over 30 years.
Source: Photograph by P.G. Luck in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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Chimpanzee and capuchin monkey
Source: Photograph by F.W. Bond in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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Hippopotamus and Young at the London Zoo.
Source: Photograph by D. Seth-Smith in E.G. Boulenger's Animal Ways (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1931).
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