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This radio series is a assortment of short pieces reflecting on life, love, and death on the list of species. It contains monologues, montages, portraits, and dreams. Some are funny, some are strange, some enlightening, some sobering:

"Hide and Seek": Animal trainer and behaviorist Ken Decroo tells the storyline of the first time he talked to a chimpanzee and the chimp talked back. An aural metaphor ends this piece.

"Noah's Ark": A strange blend of Beethoven and speculation about the thoughts of cattle at the moment of death. (Caveat: contains some graphic description of the slaughtering process)

"Snakes": A montage meditating on the worth, or worthlessness, of the legless reptile. Civilized and primitive man collide...In discussing the snake, the human is revealed.

"Treeline": Vietnam veteran Jim McMullen tells of the time he shot a blackbird outside his hometown, and was compelled to destroy his weapons once and for all.

"Michi Belle White and the Birds": A portrait of the California woman who takes in sick wild birds and fills her home with them.

"Killer Whales": A brief sound essay on the derivation of this whale's name, its seductive behavior toward the producer's wife, and its own penchant for making repulsive noises.

"Subtext: Communicating with Horses": An animal psychologist looks for the source of 1 horse's ennui. The horse responds with a tale of dislocation and lost youth.

"Reflections of Fathers": a.k.a. "Bugs and Dads," this piece is about John May's insect museum, his love for his father, and the reflections of most fathers in all children.

"Dog's Dreams": A meditation on the longtime relationship between man and dog. What are our longs for one another...and our nightmares?

"Cross my Path": Leo Grillo dislike to see an animal suffer. So he's got about 300 stray cats and dogs, and if he can't find homes for them, he keeps them until they die of natural causes.

Category: Memoirs