"I don't think care is a limited resource." 

Did you know ducks are gay? What about sheep? Bulls? Doodle bugs? Clown fish? Did you know there are trans deer? Or species of fish that can change sex? Or that snails are asexual—and can even reproduce asexually? 

This book, in addition to being a pure delight to read, was so informative in the areas of science that my christian-written science textbook growing up conveniently left out, and that most science classrooms don’t talk about. I now want to get a snail tattoo. 

This book was also filled with interviews from scientists that are actively in the field, working with the animals this book talks about. And it’s super accessible. I haven’t read nonfiction science books before (aside from school textbooks) and I had absolutely no trouble getting through this one. 

I’ll end with this quote from near the end of the book that I think captures the heart of the book’s goal:

"This book (like almost all the articles I read on queer animal behavior) does not try to argue /for/ clear human sexuality /from/ the example of animals. Instead, it's the reverse: what I am saying is that we can no longer argue that humans are alone in their queerness, that non-hetero normative human sexualities and gender identities are unnatural because they don't exist in the rest of the animal kingdom. That position is simply not valid. Queerness is a well-established and fundamental part of nature.”

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