Being a Beast A Morturary Affairs Marine tells

A Morturary Affairs Marine tells about his experiences collecting remains--of U

how we understand ourselves

Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization

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Being a Beast A Morturary Affairs Marine tellsCharles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the non humans, the beasts. And to do that, he tried to be like them, choosing a badger, an otter, a fox, a deer, and a swift. He lived alongside badgers for weeks, eating earthworms and learning to sense the landscape by smell rather than sight. He tried to catch fish in his teeth while swimming like an otter, rooted through London garbage cans as an urban fox, was hunted by bloodhounds as a red