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SUMMARY:Vegan Book Club
DESCRIPTION:We will discuss “*Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World’s Most Successful Insects*” by vegan author Jonathan Balcombe\, and a selection from this year’s project book\, *Vegan Voices: Essays by Inspiring Changemakers\,* ed. *by* Koanne Kong. \n☕️ Doors open at 2:45 for socializing and refreshments. 🧁 \nYou are welcome to bring a vegan snack (optional).\nCoffee and tea will be provided. \n**About the book:**\nhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/606176/super-fly-by-jonathan-balcombe/ \n**Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History and a *New York Times* Editors Choice Pick** \n**“After reading *Super Fly*\, you will never take a fly for granted again. Thank you\, Jonathan Balcombe\, for reminding us of the infinite marvels of everyday creatures.”**\n**—Sy Montgomery\, Author of *How to Be a Good Creature*** \n**From an expert in animal consciousness\, a book that will turn the fly on the wall into the elephant in the room.** \nFor most of us\, the only thing we know about flies is that they’re annoying\, and our usual reaction is to try to kill them. In *Super Fly*\, the myth-busting biologist Jonathan Balcombe shows the order Diptera in all of its diversity\, illustrating the essential role that flies play in every ecosystem in the world as pollinators\, waste-disposers\, predators\, and food source; and how flies continue to reshape our understanding of evolution. Along the way\, he reintroduces us to familiar foes like the fruit fly and mosquito\, and gives us the chance to meet their lesser-known cousins like the Petroleum Fly (the only animal in the world that breeds in crude oil) and the Chocolate Midge (the sole pollinator of the Cacao tree). No matter your outlook on our tiny buzzing neighbors\, *Super Fly* will change the way you look at flies forever. \nJonathan Balcombe is the author of four books on animal sentience\, including the *New York Times* bestselling *What A Fish Knows*\, which was nominated for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Award for Science Writing. He has worked for years as a researcher and educator with the Humane society to show us the consciousness of other creatures\, and here he takes us to the farthest reaches of the animal kingdom. \nHope to see you then!
URL:https://ctvegan.org/event/vegan-book-club-11/
LOCATION:87 Hillcrest Rd\, 87 Hillcrest Rd\, Windsor\, CT\, 06095\, United States
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