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The Other Animals

Written by: Lulu Miller, Shruti Swamy, Kelly Weinersmith, R. Eric Thomas, Ken Lui, Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Kaeli Swift, Max McClure
Narrated by: Lulu Miller, Shruti Swamy, Kelly Weinersmith, R. Eric Thomas, Ken Lui, Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Kaeli Swift, Max McClure
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Please note: contains explicit content.

In The Other Animals, a worm goes through a breakup, a vulture contemplates the act of killing, a whale falls in love with a song, and more.  

This funny, moving collection of eight stories - written by a diverse crew of scientists, literary writers, and comics, and informed by science - explores what animal perspectives can show humans about the world we all share. It includes stories by Daniel Mallory Ortberg ('Texts from Jane Eyre'), R. Eric Thomas ('Elle'), Ken Liu ('The Paper Menagerie'), Lulu Miller ('Invisibilia'), Kelly Weinersmith ('Soonish'), Shruti Swamy ('O’Henry Award Winner'), Max McClure ('Grist'), and Kaeli Swift ('Audubon').

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transmissions....

transmissions lends words to imagines one can only see in their mind. thank you very much

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Amazing

Very entertaining stories: relatable, exciting, dramatic, and even heartbreaking. It has a good amount of science nerdiness that I really enjoyed and could learn from. My favourite stories were the first, about a water slider, and the last, about a crow.

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Very creative short stories.

This is the kind of creative project in which you most likely won't love every story but, it remains a wonderful listen.

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Good thing it was free

The stories are not interesting or good in any way. The concept is interesting but the stories failed badly....all of them.

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Beautiful and creative

Highly original and beautifully written. Each story is different and range from hilarious to heartbreaking.

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some better than others. worth a listen

of course short stories are tough to do as sometimes they could not hook me with so little time. good effort though.

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Purely enjoyable

This is a wonderful series, very fun to listen to. If you are looking for a quick escapist listen, you will appreciate the listen.

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