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Book reviews: The Botany of Desire: A plant's view of the planet
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The Botany of Desire
by Michael Pollan
Bloomsbury, 15.99 pounds
The new theory about dogs and cats is that they are not our
subjects or our dependants, but our parasites. According to this
theory, we didn't tame them because of some inchoate human desire to
have our morning newspaper brought to us with dribble all over it;
they tamed us because they fancied our magisterial way with a can-
opener.
Many millennia down the line, a symbiotic relationship has
developed. On the upside, we provide the opportunity for dogs and
cats to colonise the world, they provide the speechless devotion and ...
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