Title: Animals strike curious poses
Description: Sixteen essays about individual animals, including wild (woolly mammoth, rhinoceros, starling, crocodile, gorilla, lion) and domesticated (housecat, racing pigeons, elephant, horses, goats), named and made famous by humans.
Subjects: Miscellanea, Famous animals, Human-animal relationships, Animals, Essays (single author), Animals, folklore, New York Times reviewed, Animals -- Folklore, Human-animal relationships -- History, Famous animals -- Miscellanea