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Preamble

Man and Beast

By Lewis H. Lapham

Michel de Montaigne once considered, “When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime for her more than she is to me?”

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The Experts, by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1837.

Essay

Our Orgiastic Future

By Jack Hitt

What do bonobos have in common with teenaged boys? As it turns out, quite a bit.

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Essay

How to Be a Stuffed Animal

By Frances Stonor Saunders

The American Museum of Natural History, Teddy Roosevelt, and the importance of taxidermy.

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Painting of cows resting in a landscape with two herdsmen at right.

Essay

One of Us

By John Jeremiah Sullivan

Can animals think or feel, experience joy or sadness? Can they know their own existence?

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