This comic book debunks ancient but unfair perceptions people have about many animals. Are wolves and foxes, bears and tigers, as well as snakes, spiders, and biting insects really that harmful? And why do they have such a bad reputation? Gilles Macagno explains what biologists and conservationists have known for a long time. Yes, there are dangerous animals. Yes, there are troublesome ones. But there are no harmful ones! Every biological species, every living organism plays its own ecological role. And these finely tuned natural mechanisms have been working for centuries... until some extraordinary event occurs that upsets the ecological balance. Over the last few thousand years, humans have been exterminating entire species, clearing forests, plowing up steppes, and changing the course of rivers, causing animals deprived of their habitats to die out. Humans introduce invasive species of animals and plants that arrive from afar and threaten local ecosystems. The ecological reputation of our own species, Homo sapiens, depends on how we address these and other environmental problems. I, for one, hope that this reputation does not turn out to be a bad one.
Author: Gilles Macagno
Translation: Mikhail Khachaturov
Pages: 96 (coated paper). Hardcover
Dimensions: 295x225x12 mm
