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BEING A BEAST - CHARLES FOSTER KARTONIERT (TB)

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2016   Charles Foster wanted to know what it was like
to be a beast: a badger  an otter  a deer  a fox  a swift. What it was really like. And through
knowing what it was like he wanted to get down and grapple with the beast in us all.  So he
tried it out  he lived life as a badger for six weeks  sleeping in a dirt hole and eating
earthworms  he came face to face with shrimps as he lived like an otter and he spent hours
curled up in a back garden in East London and rooting in bins like an urban fox.   A passionate
naturalist  Foster realises that every creature creates a different world in its brain and
lives in that world. As humans  we share sensory outputs  lights  smells and sound  but trying
to explore what it is actually like to live in another of these worlds  belonging to another
species  is a fascinating and unique neuro-scientific challenge. For Foster it is also a
literary challenge. Looking at what science can tell us about what happens in a fox's or
badger's brain when it picks up a scent  he then uses this to imagine their world for us  to
write it through their eyes or rather through the eyes of Charles the beast.   An intimate look
at the life of animals  neuroscience  psychology  nature writing  memoir and more  it is a
journey of extraordinary thrills and surprises  containing wonderful moments of humour and joy
but also providing important lessons for all of us who share life on this precious planet.

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